Presto @ Silicon Valley Code Camp : Session Report

We attended the Silicon Valley Code Camp this weekend. I presented an impromptu "lightning talk" on Presto, lightning because I had to do it in 5 minutes or less I think. I was able to give a good overview of enterprise mashups and even demo Presto Developer Edition within that time.

But more importantly, Kishore Subramanian presented a session titled - Building and Sharing Enterprise Mashups & Mashlets. There were about 30 attendees. Kishore went over the concepts behind our mashup approach like mashables, mashups, and shareables. Kishore demonstrated SalesForce mashups and walking through the internals including EMML code, about how you can merge data from SalesForce with data from internal proprietary data source and merge/combine to produce a mashup (virtual) service. He demonstrated how to invoke a mashup via a REST interface, which makes it easier to use a complex/mashup service. He also showed how to make a Mashlet using MashletMaker and share the mashlet. And finally he demonstrated Wires to show how to visually mashup by drag, drop and connect. I captured a few interesting questions that I wanted to share with the community...

• Question: Is it Free?

Answer: Yes, it is for developers. Get it here.

• Question: Is it Open Source?

Answer: No. Did I mention it is free? JackBe is partnering with enterprise software vendors and developers to open up the EMML language. Please contact me (deepak dot alur at jackbe dot com) to get involved, support EMML or for more information.

• Question: We got a great question from a guy from the Yahoo Pipes team (I think I heard it this way) - Do you guys have the same problem as we do in that you need a programming language underneath?

Answer: Yes, absolutely. We solve it by providing our Enterprise Mashup Markup Language (EMML) which has integration with different languages allowing you to plug in your program in Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Groovy. EMML and such integrated script will run on the server side dynamically.

• Question: Can you offer a hosted version for developers to use? I am not going to download this. Would like to play before I download.

Answer: Thanks for the feedback. We are looking into it.

• Question: I am a developer. Can I run and host Presto for personal use ? What about if I am a non-profit?

Answer: We would love for you to use it. Please contact me at deepak dot alur at jackbe dot com so we can understand your needs. You might also want to refer to the developer license terms for details.