Web 2.0 refers to a perceived transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. The proponents of this thinking expect that ultimately Web 2.0 services will replace desktop computing applications for many purposes.
Sites:
37 Signals . Web-based software
• Ruby on Rails . Open-source web framework
• BasecampHQ . Project management
• BackpackIT . Simple take on pages, notes, reminders
AJAX Devmo . Mozilla Developer Center for AJAX
OpenRico . Ajax open source javascript library
Protopage . Personal start pages built with AJAX technology
AJAX Review . Web 2.0 Dissected
del.icio.us . Social bookmarking, tagging, search
del.icio.us direc.tor . Alt UI for del.icio.us
Pooln . Carpool network
Digg . Technology news website
A website could be said to be built using Web 2.0 technologies if it featured a number of the following techniques:
Technical:
• CSS, semantically valid XHTML markup, and Microformats
• REST or XML Webservice APIs
• Unobtrusive Rich Application techniques (such as Ajax)
• Aggregation/Syndication of data in RSS/Atom
• Some social networking aspects
General:
• The site should not act as a "walled garden" - it should be easy to get data in and out of the system.
• Purely web based - most successful web 2.0 sites can be used almost entirely through the browser
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