Re: [Apc-aa-coders] ning.com inspiration for next version of AA

[Marek T. <ma...@gn...>]

 From the docs it's not clear it's a shared database, one can use SOAP 
(a polished XML/RPC) to fetch (thus share) the data. I quite like SOAP.
I doubt it's a shared database as in the whole Ning is just a bunch of 
useful php classes, and you write apps in php (= can read DB password  = 
that's why we don't have php in AA).  I think they mean you have several 
apps within your workspace and they can exchange data by calling each 
other methods for fetching content.

BTW, we have talked with Mark about adding tagging into ActionApps. 
Haven't done much on that front and I'm not sure I will, but doesn't do 
any harm to mention....

Marek


>
> As far as I have heard, Ning is designed to create 'social software'  
> - i.e. friendster/orkut, classified ad, del.icio.us type sites where  
> people can share content, categorize by tagging etc. etc.
>
> The central idea here is also a 'shared database', so that multiple  
> apps on the same server can access the same data. It looks  
> interesting, but I didn't look much at the details. Did anyone try it  
> out?
>
> regards,
>
> Zoltan.
>
>
> On Oct 31, 2005, at 2:46 PM, Norbert Brazda wrote:
>
>> Have anoyone seen www.ning.com? It is a content store with XML  
>> object API for building custom applications in php. Among other  
>> things it supports flexible data structure and sharing of content  
>> between applications. While applications built on ning.com are open  
>> sourced (and you can clone them to start your own) the store itself  
>> is not.
>>
>> I think this is how AA should look in its next version.
>>
>> Added value might be AA's open source licence, better content  
>> sharing, user interface for building applications (non-developers  
>> like me who have idea but not enough skills to write php  application 
>> would appreciate that), etc.
>>
>>
>> Here you will find more information:
>> http://developerdocumentation.ning.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> norbert
>> br...@ch...
>>
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