CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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toktik
toktik

Reputation: 1957

Applications inside my Web application

Currently we are developing social network, which includes apps inside, for example Games. There is no public API for developers to make their apps, instead Apps developed ourself.

Our platform is based on Zend Framework. Also we have XMPP protocol implementation (clientside-strophe, serverside-java) for chat, notifications and for other pushing tasks. XMPP will be used in apps.

We want to separate apps from social network code, so we can keep it simple, lightweight.

What strategy you can suggest for such separation? Our desire is to keep architecture and code simple and clean.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 188

Answers (2)

Mr Coder
Mr Coder

Reputation: 8196

3rd party apps like facebook app are standalone application which access facebook DATA .

So make your social network data available through your API on internet, implement Zend_OAuth for authentication HMAC after that you can freeze your social network code .

Now you can create your web application in Javascript/Flash which access your social network data through your API .

Upvotes: 0

Hasith
Hasith

Reputation: 1767

Since this is an architectural question, I'm sure there are many way of doing what you need. Here is my 2 cents. Keep your apps server completely separated from the social media server. Use client side JS scripts to embed and render the apps on your social media site.

Think it like this: You know Facebook social plugins that allow embedding Facebook components in external sites. Below is a screenshot of Facebook LikeBox embedded in a completely separate DNN portal.

http://bit.ly/MaaKnU

In your scenario, assume DNN as your social media site. And the LikeBox as your app. Architecturally they are well separated, even can be served from different severs. But integration happens on the client side.

If you need these apps to interact with the social media site, either you can do it via a REST API. Or you can use DOM events or simple JS function calls.

Few days ago I wrote a blog post on a similar architecture and can be found at: http://blog.hasith.net/2012/06/traditional-portals-are-dead-long-live.html

Upvotes: 4

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