Extending Mashlet Maker with Custom Mashlets using a Custom BubbleChart Mashlet

Introduction

We decided to prepare a new sample Mashlet to showcase how you can extend Mashlet Maker in Presto 2.6.x using custom Mashlets as well as the capabilities of the BubbleChart chart type. First let's have a look at building the custom Mashlet.

A rich set of FusionChart chart types are bundled with Presto, only a few of them are used by the current set of sample mashlet types, such as the Bar, Line and Pie charts.

A sample Bubble Chart is provided on the FusionCharts web site, here.

The bubble chart enables us to plot 3 dimensions, the x and y axis coordinates together with the 3rd dimension represented by the bubble size. [Read More...]

My CEO was on TV. He got asked to 'define mashups' for the non-technical beginner. By his own admission, he could have done a bit better. Now you get the chance to beat the CEO!

Define enterprise mashups for the beginner. If you're one of our weekly favorites, you'll get a $50 Amazon gift card and honorary title of 'Mashup CEO'.  [Read More...]

Mashups and Microsoft SharePoint Part 1.4: Using Custom Web Parts to publish Mashlets into SharePoint

This is the fourth in a many-part series about Mashups and Microsoft SharePoint.  You can read about the entire series at http://www.jackbe.com/enterprise-mashup/blog/mashing-sharepoint-introduction.

Introduction

This section will illustrate how SharePoint custom Web Parts can be used to access Presto Mashups. The section will detail the process of writing and deploying the Web Parts to a SharePoint Site. [Read More...]

Mashups and Microsoft SharePoint Part 1.3: SharePoint Consuming Presto Published RSS

This is the third in a many-part series about Mashups and Microsoft SharePoint.  You can read about the entire series at http://www.jackbe.com/enterprise-mashup/blog/mashing-sharepoint-introduction. [Read More...]

Mashups and Microsoft SharePoint Part 1.2: SharePoint Consuming Mashups using standard XML Web Part

This is the second article in a multi-part series about Mashups and Microsoft SharePoint.  You can read about the entire series at http://www.jackbe.com/enterprise-mashup/blog/mashing-sharepoint-introduction.

With a fairly basic knowledge of XSL, XPath and XSL Stylesheets, the SharePoint XML Web Part can provide a front-end for Presto Mashups. The XML Web part can actually be used to invoke any REST-like, XML based, non-SOAP Web Service, where the invocation request is encapsulated in a URI and the response is received as an XML document.

So prerequisites for the Presto Service are: [Read More...]

 Mike Rollins, one of your fellow Mashup Developer Community members, has written a great series of blog posts about his use of mashups and the project he is supporting.  As he puts it, it's a 'developer's blog', so the blog series starts with his new project requirements and how he might meet those requirements.  

The blog then works it's way up to the lastest (and best!) post, 'How Does the Magician Get What He Wants?'.  In this post Mike discusses his perspecitve on mashups and how they fit into his project architecture.  Here' an excerpt from his lastest post... [Read More...]

A Developer's Guide to Mashups and Microsoft SharePoint

SharePoint is Microsoft's platform for collaboration and document management.  It is widely used in organizations for sharing information with basic workflow and is typically a complement to existing content management systems, enterprise portals, and the like.

While SharePoint is able to support basic information sharing, it lacks dynamic mashup capabilities. We want to shed some light on mashing SharePoint rapidly and securely.

Let's first consider some of the questions you have been asking about mashups and SharePoint... [Read More...]

 JackBe, the host of the Mashup Developer Community, is holding 3 straight days of 'Guides to Mashups' webcasts starting on Tuesday, February 10.  JackBe trys pretty hard to make their webcasts as educational and spin-free as possible, so they might be worth your time.  Details are below. [Read More...]

Mashups and Microsoft SharePoint Part 1.1: Using Standard Web Parts to Publish Mashlets into Microsoft SharePoint

This is the first in a many-part series about Mashups and Microsoft SharePoint.  You can read about the entire series at http://www.jackbe.com/enterprise-mashup/blog/mashing-sharepoint-introduction. [Read More...]

While you were sleeping, Deepak and I snuck into the Mashup Developer Community and released Presto Developer Edition (DE) 2.6.1. While it's not a huge release, it does have a few cool features.  Read on for some interesting details and quick instructions on how to upgrade as well. [Read More...]