Mashups are Groovy, baby!

how-to
May 23, 20091 min

Online social networking is all the rage these days, man! In DeveloperWorks’ “Social mashups with Groovy” article, you’ll learn how to build a social network with Google Maps, Twitter, Groovy, and Ajax. By combining a Google Map with location information that Twitter exposes, you can create a mashup that allows people to view Twitter in light of a particular location. The simple application this article builds lets users view a map of their Twitter friends, a.k.a: hip geo-view of their entire network.

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When Andrew Glover isn't listening to “Funkytown” or “Le Freak” he enjoys speaking on the No Fluff Just Stuff Tour. He also writes articles for multiple online publications including IBM's developerWorks and O'Reilly’s ONJava and ONLamp portals. Andrew is also the co-author of Java Testing Patterns, which was published by Wiley in September 2004; Addison-Wesley’s Continuous Integration; and Manning’s Groovy in Action.

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