Web 2.0

First coined in 2005 the expression Web 2.0 is now in common use. Web 2.0 is not a new technology, it is new way of thinking. Although there is no clear definition of what makes a Web 2.0 site, the 2.0 memeset has become commonly understood.

Lecture Slides

Web 2.0 (web two dot oh) PowerPoint

Examples

• Simple pop-up widget
• Draggable pop-up widget and another draggable pop-up widget
• Slider controls
• Basic Google Map page
• Google Map overlays
• Basic Postcode page using the PCA Predict (formerly Postcode Anywhere) Post Code Geocode web service
• Basic Postcode page using a PHP proxy to the PCA Predict - Post Code Geocode web service
  • postcodeProxy.php PHP proxy source code
• AJAX Postcode page using the above proxy
• AJAX Postcode Google Map mashup using Post Code Geocode from PCA Predict
  • Google Postcode Map using the GoogleMap API geocode method
• Find near outcodes driven from a studb.cms MySql database of outcodes
  • PHP find near outcode service running from stuweb.cms
• Ajax near outcodes
  • outcodeProxy.php PHP outcode proxy (find near outcode service runs from stuweb.cms)
• Google Map + PostcodeAnywhere with search for near outcodes mashup
• Try the Staff Directory AJAX Portal a mashup of codes already covered in notes on web services (ASP.NET) and AJAX (XML)

Resources

• Creative Commons
• Google Maps API free unless you expect heavy load
  • W3Schools Google Maps API
  • Find Google Maps coordinates
• Post Code Anywhere You get a limited licence for free
• article: What Is Web 2.0? Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software from Tim O'Reilly
• article: Gartner's Hype Cycle 2014 2014 Marks 20th Anniversary of the Gartner Hype Cycle
• article: Ontology Development 101 : A Guide to Creating Your First Ontology by Natalya F. Noy and Deborah L. McGuinness, Stanford
• article: Dion Hinchcliffe Notes on Internet and Business Covergence

Some examples worth looking at

You will already be familiar with many of these. Various aspects of Web 2.0 can be identified. Some demonstrate interesting adaptive behaviour so try them on your pad or handy.

• Wikipedia on Web 2.0
• Netvibes
• iGoogle Portal picking up where iGoogle left off
• eyeOS
• Facebook
• Twitter
• WaveMaker
• jQuery
• PostcodeAnywhere
• Skype
• Zoho
• last.fm
• Spotify
• Netflix
• Flickr
• digg
• YouTube
• Yahoo Pipes

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