The Foundations of an Application Platform

English session

Application platforms, such as the Yahoo! Application Platform (YAP), Facebook, or Myspace, have become a core foundation of social web infrastructures. When constructing a platform to run applications, numerous layers of security and technology need to work off of each other in order to generate a secure, versatile system.

This talk will cover the core technologies behind the creation of a platform to host 3rd party applications. We will explore open technologies such as OpenID and OAuth for user verification, OpenSocial for architecture implementations, and the use of front-end security implementations such as Caja. This will explore the benefits and exploits from each of the implementations and the importance of open source technologies.

Jonathan LeBlanc View speaker page

Yahoo!

Jonathan LeBlanc works with the partner integrations group in the Yahoo! Developer Network as a technology evangelist. Focusing on partner relationships and training as well as external developer integrations, Jonathan works with and promotes emerging technologies to aid in the adoption and use of new social development techniques. Jonathan works extensively with social interaction development on the web, developing new methods for using social networks to drive the ideal of an open web.