Shindig (software)

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Shindig (software)		Information
Purpose	OpenSocial container
License	Apache License
Programming language	Javascript,PHP,Java
Platform	cross-platform
Leading developers by code check-ins	Kevin Brown, Cassie Doll, Paul Lindner, Zhen Wang
History and progress
First code check-in	December 12, 2007^[1]

Shindig is an open source project which began in December 2007 to provide a reference implementation for the OpenSocial standard. The software contains both server-side and client-side code. Once the project is mature, an installation of this product will be capable of rendering OpenSocial gadgets in a web browser.

1 Features
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Features

In the announcement for Shindig's first code commit, four primary features of Shindig were cited:^[1]

Gadget Container JavaScript -- core JavaScript foundation for general gadget functionality. This JavaScript manages security, communication, UI layout, and feature extensions, such as the OpenSocial API.

Gadget Server -- an open source version of gmodules.com, which is used to render the gadget xml into JavaScript and HTML for the container to expose via the container JavaScript.

OpenSocial Container JavaScript -- JavaScript environment that sits on top of the Gadget Container JS and provides OpenSocial specific functionality (profiles, friends, activities).

OpenSocial Gateway Server -- an open source implementation of the server interface to container-specific information, including the OpenSocial REST APIs, with clear extension points so others can connect it to their own backends.