We are going to use five different mashup APIs in our mashup application:
Facebook
Google Maps
Indeed
Daylife
Technorati
We're also going to use a few technologies to access these APIs:
RFacebook for accessing Facebook
YM4R/GM for accessing Google Maps
Net::HTTP for accessing Indeed, Daylife and Technorati
XmlSimple for parsing input form Indeed, Daylife, and Technorati
Here's a quick rundown and introduction to the APIs and tools.
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) is a social networking tool that connects you to other people that you know on Facebook. It has the largest registered user base among college-focused sites in the United States with an estimated 34 million users as of September 2007.
In May 2007, Facebook opened up its network to application developers by launching a set of APIs for third-party developers, called the Facebook Platform. Since then there has been a flurry of third-party applications developed on Facebook and as of September 2007 there are...