SAPO Codebits 2009

Session Title

Widget Platform – tear the Web apart and assemble the pieces together

Abstract

A citizen of many designations such as gadget, badge, module, webjit, capsule, snippet, mini and flake, the widget lives in several different mediums like the Web page, the desktop, the browser and the mobile phone. I believe that the "viral widget" is something of increasing interest to businesses and users as a portable medium for content and functionality encapsulation and distribution. Thus it enters the subject of open data formats, where lies the "develop once and goes ubiquitous" dream.

With the collaboration with the SAPO Spot team, and sponsored by SAPO, BeActive and Link Consulting, a widget platform is being built based on the UWA (Universal Widget API) standard developed by Netvibes. Here I will discuss some implementation details such as security and privacy enforcement of untrusted javascript code, cross-domain AJAX, widget environment for widget page services, widget packaging and distribution, and hopefully more.

Language

Portuguese

Speakers

José Rodrigues da Mata Fernandes

Web developer and consultant at Link Consulting, recently outsourced to BeActive, and then to SAPO, José is a computer science enthusiast, researcher and Open Source technology adopter. Got the first computer in the early 90's where he spent probably too much of time sit by the monitor, first customizing the MSDOS prompt and environment for his family, then crafting birthday presents with drawings generated from LOGO programs, and finally hacking some old password protected games, with some limited success, unfortunately. José graduated last year in Computer Science from Instituto Superior Técnico, where he did research and development on Internet television platforms, as the end graduation project. Other Web related works range from portfolio website implementations for artists, designers and interior design companies, while in Freelance to pay the bills, and, more fun, customized startup page and widget technology research and development. (more)