These are really on different levels of the stack, so it's very hard to give advice without knowing your specific needs. But GFC also implements the OpenSocial APIs, which rely on OAuth for authentication. So it's not necessarily either/or. GFC adds drop-in JS-based modules that make it easy for users to socially enable their sites without programming; OAuth is a building block for doing programmatic access to APIs. Does that help?
Manish Pandit wrote: > > On May 7, 9:58 am, Ganex <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello friends i am confused with GFC and OAuth. In the former we can >> directly integrate the Login module but not the same in the later. >> >> Can any one please suggest me which to go. I am good in Java / JEE. >> >> Thanks in Advance >> >> Ganesh >> INDIA >> > > Per my understanding, GFC implements a cookie based auth scheme, while > OAuth is a much more involved spec, including the pre-auth steps as > well as including more than just a cookie to access protected > resources. It is not so much about programming languages, but depends > on your application and its interaction with OpenSocial and/or any > other platform like NetFlix/Twitter. > > Chris has a blog post here : > http://blog.oauth.net/2007/11/07/oauth-and-opensocial/ > > What application are you trying to design? > > -cheers, > Manish > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OAuth" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/oauth?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
