Mashup (web application hybrid)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A mashup is a website or web application that seamlessly combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience.

Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or API. Other methods of sourcing content for mashups include Web feeds (e.g. RSS or Atom) and JavaScript.

Many people are experimenting with mashups using eBay, Amazon, Google, Windows Live, and Yahoos APIs.

Contents 1 Quotes 2 External links 2.1 Examples of mashups 2.2 Books about mashups 2.3 Articles about mashups 2.4 Sites about mashups 2.5 Software for building mashups

[edit] Quotes

"a lot of talk about Web 2.0, web mashups, Ajax, etc., which in my mind are all facets of the same phenomenon: that information and presentation are being separated in ways that allow for novel forms of reuse." Sho Kuwamoto

"The mash-up part of this equation, is the offspring of an environment where application developers see it in their own selfish interest to facilitate the creation of integrated, yet highly derivative application hybrids by third parties, something they do by providing rich public APIs to their user base." Mark Sigal

"We know we don't have a corner on creativity. There are creative people all around the world, hundreds of millions of them, and they are going to think of things to do with our basic platform that we didn't think of. So the mashup stuff is a wonderful way of allowing people to find new ways of applying the basic infrastructures we're propagating. This will turn out to be a major source of ideas for applying Google-based technology to a variety of applications." Vint Cerf

The etymology of this term possibly derives from its similar use in pop music.

[edit] External links

[edit] Examples of mashups

• Chicago Crime map
• Mappr
• Weather Bonk
• Run, Biking Map
• Textual mashup by keyword
• Run/Biking route mashup with Flickr photos
• Rrove
• TagLines
• Zollage
• World Earthquake Map
• New York beer map
• San Francisco real estate heat map
• UK Library Map
• Celebrity Maps

[edit] Books about mashups

• Amazon.com Mashups -- Describes how to build mashups using web services from Amazon, Google, A9, YouTube, Yahoo and eBay among others.

[edit] Articles about mashups

• Mix, Match, and Mutate (BusinessWeek article)
• The ultimate mashup -- Web services and the semantic Web (developerWorks tutorial series)
• Mashup Corporations: The End of Business as Usual Charts the transformation of one fictional, traditional popcorn manufacturer from initial mashup idea to Service-Oriented Enterprise

[edit] Sites about mashups

• ProgrammableWeb John Musser's list of mashups, APIs, and a blog
• The Tech Beat: Mash-ups Blog entries on mashups from Business Week
• WSFinder List of APIs and blog
• IUPT.com RSS news.
• Mashable! Mashup news and reviews.
• Webmashup.com The Open Directory for Mashups & Web 2.0 APIs
• Google Maps Mania Mike Pegg's extensive coverage of new mashups

[edit] Software for building mashups

• Amazon Web Services
• Yahoo! Developer Network- The Yahoo! Developer Network offers Web Services and APIs that make it easy for developers to build applications and mashups that integrate data sources in new ways.
• eBay Developers Program
• Open Source GIS Master index of Open Source GIS applications.
• Strikeiron - Web Services Marketplace
• TRYNT APIs - REST web service library (Creative Commons)
• Windows Live Dev
• NewsCloud Web Services and API see also Newscloud
• iMacros Create mashups visually
• Kapow Home of RoboSuite
• CakePHP
• Odin Assemble