Foundations of Popfly: Rapid Mashup Development (Books for Professionals by Professionals) [Paperback]

Eric Griffin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590599519 | ISBN-13: 978-1590599518 | Publication Date: January 24, 2008 | Edition: 1

Popfly is Microsoft’s entry into the burgeoning mashup space. It is a visual, rapid development tool that anyone – designers or developers – can use without requiring any knowledge of code. This book covers everything from beginners creating their first web mashup, to advanced users creating their own ‘blocks’ in Visual Studio. It allows anybody to quickly and easily create fun and useful mashup applications using data from sources such as facebook, flickr and Digg.

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About the Author

Eric Griffin has been developing software for over 17 years. He began his career at Apple Computer in the late eighties writing C++ and Object Pascal.  He plans to end his career at Microsoft, where he is a Senior Microsoft Application Development Consultant with extensive experience in software development technologies (C#, JavaScript, HTML, XML,VB, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Atlas, WF, SQL Server/SSIS/SSRS) and Products (MOSS, Visual Studio Team Suite/Server, InfoPath/Form Services, SQL Server). He uses these skills everyday for Microsoft with its customers in the Fortune 100.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (January 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590599519
• ISBN-13: 978-1590599518
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,546,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book -- but don't buy it -- the software was discontinued as of Sep, 2009, September 14, 2009

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This review is from: Foundations of Popfly: Rapid Mashup Development (Books for Professionals by Professionals) (Paperback)

I bought this book in June, intending to evaluate the utility of Popfly and this book for a client that is interested in mashup applications but doesn't have a lot of software expertise. This is a well-written instruction manual for users who are new to the whole concept of mashups and widgets -- basic concepts are explained and users are walked through methods for tailoring the code to fit their needs.

Unfortunately, Popfly was discontinued by Microsoft at the end of August, 2009. Mr. Griffin is a talented technical writer -- I hope he publishes more titles.