Hi. I think the Basics are well covered in the Readme and source code; but I'd really enjoy more doc on the Intermediate-Advanced part. Particularly the RPC mecanism is obscure, because it does not appear anywhere in the empirical learning path: from the SampleContainer the natural jump is towards the BasicServices of the opensocial part, and the uses of the RPC are not seen.
In fact for http/xml requests beyond the static BasicServices, we could provide some extra example, along the lines of the samplecontainer too. Alejandro 2008/4/3, Christian Schalk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello shindig-dev, > > It seems like a lot of the questions on shindig-dev are around how to wire > the OpenSocal API to a real backend. Given that, I'm in the process of > putting together a guide on how to attach your local version of Shindig to a > native datasource. > > Here's a draft set of items that I'm planning to cover in the guide: > > Basics > > > 1. Quick review on how to install Shindig on your server. > - Testing some simple (non-OpenSocial) Gadgets on your server. > 2. Testing an OpenSocial app within your Shindig environment > - Trying out the SampleContainer. > - Trying out some other simple OpenSocial apps with the > SampleContainer > - Playing around with simple XML based state data within the > SampleContainer > > > Intermediate-Advanced > > > 1. State Data access concepts > - Reviewing concepts on how to access data > - The all Java approach - implementing interfaces > - The RPC approach - creating http based response > mechanisms > 2. Building your own data access using either > - Java approach > - Getting familiar with the classes and interfaces in > org.apache.shindig.social.*. > - Implement the provided interfaces to access custom data. > - Language neutral RPC approach > - How to build your own http mechanism in PHP to serve > social data > > > Let me know if you any suggestions or additions, and we'll continue to flesh > this out and publish it. > > Thanks, > -Chris > > > -- > Chris Schalk, Google Developer Advocate >
