Session Details
Session ID:	TS-5428
Session Title:	Introducing zembly: An Extensible Development Environment in the Cloud, for the Cloud
Session Abstract:	Applications are what drives the need for the cloud. 2008 saw the rise of a new kind of application--social applications--built to run within popular social platforms like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Meebo, and more. Building applications for these platforms requires not just new development skills, but also new tools and programming models--the old programming models and development tools simply aren't suited for the cloud. Enter zembly.com, a new, browser-based development environment and platform for social and cloud-based applications by Sun Microsystems. Zembly gives developers the power to create and deploy social applications for platforms like Facebook in minutes or hours, using any API on the web as their library. Zembly is itself a social network, and a pioneering tool in the new field of "social programming". Last but not least, zembly is an extensible development environment in the cloud--developers can use zembly to extend, replace, and remix its default features to improve them or to target new application types. This session will first describe new forms of app development, and the changes in programming models and tools required to address this changing landscape. Then, using social programming techniques, we will demonstrate building social apps for Facebook and other platforms with zembly, and contrast that process to the traditional development process. Lastly, we will demonstrate extending zembly to add new features and capabilities
Track:	Cool Stuff; Services Web 2.0 Scheduling Track; Services: Web 2.0, Next Generation Web, and Cloud Services Platform; Tools and Languages
Duration:	60
Speaker(s):	Todd Fast, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Jiri Kopsa, Sun Microsystems, Inc.