Hi again, I have a question regarding "makeRequest" now - I read the article about it, but I didn't quite understand it all the way:
because it seems to me that this is the most important and most used method I'll ever use (because most of the time I'll address my DataBase, for example) - and I didn't find a SIMPLE example on how to retrieve something from my DataBase do it. I guess I need to understand better how are these asynchronous calls handled on my back end server ?(is there a reading material about that?) and then maybe the picture will be clearer... As you can see, I need some clarifications (maybe some of the questions above are quite trivial, sorry about that too) :) Thanks, Kogan. On Jul 29, 2:07 am, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My reply in the thread below might help explain things a bit: > > http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut/browse_thread/thread/... > > In general, yes, you can build an OpenSocial application entirely with > JavaScript inside a gadget (XML) wrapper. But a lot of apps have back- > end components as well for tasks such as storing data in a database > (although you can store data using OpenSocial's persistence API in > JavaScript, the data size limit is small so a database is often > necessary). These back-ends can be in any language you please > including JSP,Java, PHP, Python, and so forth. The gadgets library > includes a useful method, gadgets.io.makeRequest, that makes sending > asynchronous, cross-domain requests securely to your back-end and > retrieving XML, JSON, or plain text responses very easy. > > http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/0.7/reference/gadgets.io.... > > In summary, a back-end component is completely optional but highly > useful, and the gadgets library makes it easy to communicate with your > back-end from your client-side code. Please let me know if you have > any questions on this. > > - Jason > > On Jul 26, 7:24 am, Kogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Basically, I'm a bit new to Web-Programming in general. > > > I did read a lot of material about open-social, and Google gadgets, > > intending to write an application for Orkut. > > But, one thing I don't understand - which Technologies can I use for > > this purpose? > > > According to what I've read, a gadget is a simple xml file, usingjava > > script and Open Social API. and That's it. (?) > > > But, an application might consist of a Data Base to manage, the > > communication with the user of the application, etc... > > Canjavascript support all these needs? > > I don't need things such as ASP.net (for the database), JSP,Java, PHP > > etc... (things that one mentioned to me when I told him about the > > idea) > > > Really appreciate if someone could clarify the subject for me and/or > > direct me to a reading material? > > > Thanks you :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" 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/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
