(kicking this over to a new thread) On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Aaron Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any suggestions or improvements? > > > > Mightbe a little off topic - > Can we remove the Java dependency going forward? It made the whole > Shindig package unuseable -- because a lot of people don't like to use > Java, > while yes I know there're still a lot of Java fans.. but non-fans are far > more. > Hey Aaron, Have you see the PHP version of Shindig? Shindig itself is not intended to be tied to a given language. -Dan > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:46 AM > Subject: Shindig BoF at ApacheCon EU: 9th of April > > > > Hey Shindig folks, > > > > ApacheCon EU is a few weeks away, and, as discussed before on the list, > > we're going to have a Shindig birds of a feather session. > > > > I've flipped the confirmed bit to "yes," and selected the time of > > Wednesday, > > April 9, 20:30 - 21:30, in Matterhorn 3 (as per > > http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/BirdsOfaFeatherEu08 ) > > > > I know Cassie Doll, John "Fargo" Hjelmstad, Chris Chabot and I are > > planning > > to be there. > > > > Is anyone else coming from shindig-dev? It would be great to meet in > > person. > > > > In terms of an abstract for > > http://www.eu.apachecon.com/eu2008/about/BOFs, I > > am proposing we list: > > > > Shindig is a new project in the Apache incubator that is becoming the > > reference implementation for OpenSocial and gadgets infrastructure. This > > project aims to make it easy for a new social website to become a > > "container" for OpenSocial applications, and is making rapid progress. > > Come > > learn about the project's infrastructure, see a demo, and find out how > > to > > get involved. Q&A welcome. > > > > I'd like to send in an abstract to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on > > Monday > > or Tuesday, so there is a week's notice. > > > > I'm imagining the flow would go as follows: > > > > Dan Peterson > > -- Intro to OpenSocial/gadgets/Shindig > > -- Brief project history > > > > John "Fargo" Hjelmstad > > -- Walk through the Java Gadget Server rendering process > > > > Cassie Doll > > -- Walk through the JavaScript sample container > > -- Describe how to connect backends to the OpenSocial API > > -- Demo > > > > Chris Chabot > > -- Walk through the PHP server design > > > > Q&A > > > > Any suggestions or improvements? > > > > Cheers, > > -Dan > > > >
