OpenSocial is based on web standards so if you're a web developer
you've got the right stuff already. To get started building social applications, follow these steps:
- Brainstorm
with a few friends about an app you want to build. (If you need more
friends, join a social network!) Take a look through the Social Design Best Practices article, and see how those pointers might apply to your app.
- Pick a social network to use for testing and start writing code. See the Container List on the wiki for a list of social networks you can use.
- Use the OpenSocial Developer App to start experimenting with social data, work through the OpenSocial Tutorial to learn more, and refer to the Developer's Guide to study advanced concepts.
- Reach users on more containers. Read up on cross-container development and take your app to new users around the globe.
As you're writing your app, check out the JavaScript API Reference for definitions and more code samples.
If you have questions while building your app, visit the OpenSocial developer forum
or sign in to the IRC room at irc://irc.freenode.net/opensocial.
Developers in these forums are writing apps for many different
containers, and some are implementing containers themselves so sign on
and join the conversation.
Not what you were looking for? Maybe you want to host OpenSocial apps on your site, or let users share social data aound the web.
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