24 de out. de 2011

Stream+ for Google+



O experimento a seguir é apenas uma prova de conceito de como usar o Google +API. Desenvolvido por + Mohamed Mansour logo após a API foi lançado.
Uma vez que você entrar, ele vai buscar todos os seus cargos públicos em seu fluxoe classifica cada item em um tópico. Mais tarde, você pode ver todos os seus tópicos à esquerda e todos os documentos que são semelhantes a esse tópico à direita.

The following experiment is just a proof of concept of how to use the Google+ API. Developed by +Mohamed Mansour right after the API was released.
Once you log in, it will fetch all your public posts on your stream and classifies each item in a topic. Later on you can view all your topics on the left and all the documents that are similar to that topic on the right.
So far, the API looks solid, this was built without knowing AppEngine or OAuth. Props to the AppEngine team, you guys really did something so easy. I am in love with the Eclipse IDE integration. Very easy, took me minutes to learn it. I just used the examples online given by the Google+ team and hacked away with the API. I am really impressed regarding the simplicity of the API. The core logic and algorithms were completed in around 3 hours while the remaining of the time was tweaking the UI to make the experience better.
One annoyance I had is the extreme slowness of the API. It is really slow. It takes 30+ seconds to query the public stream (not many posts) and another 5+ seconds to classify them in memory!
To use this app, please click on "Connect Me" on the bottom!