There Is an API for That!

In this chapter, we will see what we can do to prove our hypotheses by building a mash-up. It takes more effort than just a simple landing page but it takes less time than developing a full application. By combining apps or other resources, you can put a solution together for the problem that you are trying to solve with a minimum amount of effort. This is an interesting approach for at least a proof of concept. Once you have learned the lessons you wanted to learn you could always set up a more robust solution. On the other hand your strategy for your app can be just that- combining resources and launch it as your product or service itself. This applies in particular to apps that offer aggregated information. Alternatively, you can think of apps that require heavy integration with social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Social referring...