Developing web applications with Yahoo! Pipes

Simple operators that follow the KISS principle can go a long way to transforming mundane data into rich information. Unix pipes showed us the way, and a little over a year ago, Yahoo! came out with Yahoo! Pipes, to bring unix pipes to the web. Pipes allows anyone to combine data from various sources, operate on it, and output something useful, fun, or just interesting.

  • Difficulty: Fundamental
  • Prerequisites: Basic programming knowledge.
  • Session Track: Safe for Managers,Javascript,RIA

Session Detail

 This session will take participants through the Pipes interface, starting small, and building up to make useful Pipes application. It will desmonstrate how one can build useful applications using Yahoo! Pipes as the primary data processor. The pipe may be consumed as a web service, or in a variety of other formats. We will also look at some tricks to create complex constructs with pipes.

Speakers

Philip Tellis (Sunnyvale, USA)

Philip Tellis is a geek who likes to make the computer do his work for him. As part of his job with the Exceptional Performance team at Yahoo! he analyses the impact of various design decisions on web application performance. More...