eBay opens up SM Apps beta plaform to gadget developerseBay has always supported open standards for Web development. We have been an open API platform for over 8 years, but now that we've opened up Selling Manager as a beta platform for developers, we've chosen to embrace the gadgets specification as defined within OpenSocial. Using the concept of gadget containers, developers are able to take existing gadgets and re-mix and re-use them in innovative new ways across the Web.
Our platform architect, Farhang Kassaei spoke to Chris Schalk of the Google Code team at Web 2.0 Expo last week about eBay's decision to standardize our architecture for this platform to the OpenSocial gadgets specification. If you missed Farhang's session at Web 2.0 Expo with David Glazer, the Director of Engineering from Google, then make sure to check out Farhang's post on the OpenSocial blog or the video below.
Open standards allow developers to innovate more quickly across platforms, and that makes the Web better for everyone.
Enjoy the video!
http://ebaydeveloper.typepad.com/dev/2009/04/ebay-opens-up-sm-apps-beta-plaform-to-gadget-developers.html
