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App Developers

New to OpenSocial? Build a simple gift-giving application by working through the OpenSocial Tutorial. Then check out the other Articles & Tutorials.

There's lots of work in progress for OpenSocial v0.9. Check out the docs for these new features:

• Social Application Tutorial
• Lightweight JavaScript API
• OpenSocial Templates and OSML Tags

Got a question? Ask in the OpenSocial Developer Forums.

Spec List

The OpenSocial spec is always evolving and participation in the process is open to anyone. Whether you're running a social network with millions of users or writing an app with your friends, you can help make OpenSocial better!

• Join the spec list where proposals are discussed and voted into the spec.
• Track the latest proposals for improving OpenSocial.
• Check if your favorite container is spec compliant.
• Read the OpenSocial Specification

Container Developers

Your website can host third party OpenSocial apps integrated with your site's social network. If you have questions about implementing your own OpenSocial container, visit the Implementing OpenSocial Containers discussion forum for input from other engineers building social networks.

You can use the OpenSocial Compliance Tests to see if your site complies with the OpenSocial specification.

Apache Shindig is an open source project that helps you start hosting OpenSocial apps quickly by providing the code to render gadgets, proxy requests, and handle REST and RPC requests.

Contribute

This wiki is a place for members of the OpenSocial community to share information and collaborate. There are several ways that you can contribute:

• Add a code example to the API Reference
• Post an article or tutorial
• Share information about containers
• Review the current proposals for OpenSocial v0.9
• Suggest an improvement or new use for this wiki

You can get the basics on contributing here.