| Web 2.0 Architectures: What entrepreneurs and information architects need to know |  | Authors: James Governor, Dion Hinchcliffe, Duane Nickull
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Identifies the core patterns of Web 2.0, and introduces an abstract model and reference architecture to help you take advantage of them. This book examines what makes successful Web 2.0 services such as Google AdSense, Flickr, BitTorrent, MySpace, Facebook, and Wikipedia tick.
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Best book on the subject June 7, 2009
M. C. Little (Newcastle, England)
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Although many people think they know what Web 2.0 means, there is still confusion. This book is a definitive guide to all things Web 2.0, covering architectural patterns, where to use them, where not to use them etc. It goes over what lead to the evolution of Web 2.0 and hints at where things are going in the future. The authors manage to tie in other important topics such as SOA, SaaS and Mashups. At the end of this book you'll be left in no doubt as to what constitutes Web 2.0 architecture. Plus the style of writing makes it easy to digest and understand. Definitely a book to have in your library and one of the best books I've read in a very long time!
Landmark Publication April 4, 2010
P. J. Krause (UK)
For many, Web 2.0 represents a coming of age of the World Wide Web. However, it still remains hard to define precisely what constitutes "Web 2.0". Rather than attempt a precise definition of Web 2.0, this book itself takes a very Web 2.0 approach of summarising a community view.
This is important. There is an extreme reductionist view of Web 2.0 as the read-write Web. However, Web 2.0 is a much richer experience involving significant changes in social behaviour and business models, as well as software and infrastructure technologies. This book clearly captures the full excitement of this, as well as providing (in Chapter 7) a valuable set of architectural patterns for those who want to continue to innovate and contribute to this quiet revolution.
I use the term "Landmark publication" because I think this book marks a significant level of maturity for Web 2.0; An expression of awareness of what it means to be a Web 2.0 practitioner. This is certainly not to suggest we now start the continued march up the Web N.0 chain. For two reasons. Firstly, as this book emphasises, there is still plenty of scope for innovation to continue the quiet revolution. Secondly, the book rightly deprecates the term Web 3.0 since Web 2.0 is already addressing the semantic web, _and_ it is doing so in a way that was not originally envisaged by the semantic web community.
That last is an important point and perhaps worth expanding on. A key blocking issue with take up of the semantic web as originally envisaged was its appearing to mandate the top-down imposition of fixed ontologies. But that is not how meaning emerges in the natural use of language. A dictionary merely captures a (more or less accurate) snapshot of the semantics of a language as practiced by a given community at a given time. But that semantics emerges and continues to evolve through the social interactions both within that community and between communities. Web 2.0 accepts that, and is building mechanisms to support the continued emergence of the semantic web. The Collaborative Tagging, Declarative Living and Tag Gardening, and Semantic Web grounding patterns are all important steps on the way, but there is more to be learnt here. The important point is that Web 2.0 accepts and embraces the community driven approach to semantics, and indeed the continued evolution of the Web. It would be naive to hypothesise at this stage what technologies the global community will develop for future enhancements to its capabilities.
The exciting thing is that despite the uncertainty about specific directions, we can be sure that these developments will be both social and technical. The quiet revolution could be one of history's most profound. In this lead up to a UK general election, please could we have a party that would use Web 2.0 to set up a truly participative process for establishing governmental policy?
A must-read for anyone interested in Web 2.0 September 14, 2009
innovationresearcher (UK)
This is without doubt the best book I have read on Web 2.0. It actually spells out in detail what is meant by Web 2.0 from both a systems architecture and an applications point of view, in a way that incorporates the user at the outset. Further, unlike some other books in this space that make rather hyperbolic predictions about what Web 2.0 might (or might not) mean for business, this text instead sets out boxed 'entrepreneur alerts' which point out gaps where innovation could occur. This is so useful in providing *meaningful* linkages between technical possibilities and market realities. Supporting that, there are plenty of practical checklists for actually making things work, such as "What Web 2.0 Users Will Demand of User Interface Designers".
There is of course lots of technical material that will interest developers seeking to enter this field. Chapter 7 is the conceptual heart of the book, identifying 'Specific Patterns of Web 2.0', fundamental system arrangements that provide a foundation for applications; each section is linked to business contexts. The authors point out this debate is still ongoing, as the systems context is constantly evolving. However it is clear that constructs such as, for example, Service-Oriented Architecture, Collaborative Tagging and Participative-Collaboration will be around for some time. Earlier chapters underpin this important set of conclusions with introductory material on the nature of Web 2.0, with examples (Chapters 1-3) and discussions of modelling paradigms (Chapterts 4-6). Concluding, the final chapter takes a look into how to create services that last into an uncertain future.
Finally, as well as being useful for systems developers and aspirant entrepreneurs, there is some useful material for anyone seeking to just know more about internet basics: what it is, how messages are transmitted, how it has developed and some explanation of terms such as HTML, Java, AJAX. Certainly the most useful book I've read in while.
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