Web 2.0 Architectures: What Entrepreneurs and Information Architects Need to Know

by James Governor, Dion Hinchcliffe, Duane Nickull

Web 2.0 is more pervasive than ever, with business analysts and technologists struggling to comprehend the opportunity it represents. So what exactly is Web 2.0 -- a marketing term or technical reality? This fascinating book finally puts substance behind the phenomenon by identifying the core patterns of Web 2.0, and by introducing an abstract model and reference architecture to help you take advantage of them.
In "Web 2.0 Architectures," authors Duane Nickull, Dion Hinchcliffe, and James Governor -- who have 40 years of combined experience with technical specifications and industry trends -- examine what makes successful Web 2.0 services such as Google AdSense, Flickr, BitTorrent, MySpace, Facebook, and Wikipedia work. The result is a base of knowledge that developers, business people, futurists, and entrepreneurs can understand and use as a source of ideas and inspiration.
This book reveals:

A Web 2.0 model: How the classic Client-Server model evolved into a more detailed Web 2.0 model.Web 2.0 reference architecture: A generic component view of basic Web 2.0 patterns that can be repurposed for other commercial ventures.Specific Web 2.0 patterns: How service oriented architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (SaaS), participation-collaboration, mashups, rich user experience, collaborative tagging systems (Folksonomy), and more can be used in your business.

If you want to understand what makes Web 2.0 tick, and how it will enhance your business, "Web 2.0 Architectures" takes you right to the core.

Genres: Reference, Design, Technology, Architecture, Programming

276 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2009

Reviews

[Bridget Sarah]

It was a good book but not what I was after. I was reading more into Website Architecture with Wordpress and it didn't really hit the nail for me. However it is good for information architecture, worth a read, definitely makes you open your eyes a bit more.

[Ala' Abuhijleh]

The book illustrates the main concepts and patterns of web 2.0. Technical side of implementation is not discussed in this book.

The first 4 chapters clarify a lot of concepts and terminologies in Web 2.0 context.

I believe the word "architecture" is misleading. I believe "patterns" is more suitable.

bottom line, I did not find reading this book interesting. More suitable as a textbook for university course

[Dmitry Fink]

a collection of abstract buzzwords with absolutely no technical payload
I am sure given the same vocabulary some automatic random essay generator algorithm
can do a better job. There is nothing about architecture in the book, and there
is absolutely no interesting information for neither the entrepreneurs nor architects.
Don't waste your time like I did waste mine.

[Curtis Jensen]

A design patterns book for web applications. Interesting, but not great. Like most design pattern books, it mostly puts names to general ways of solving certain problems on the web. I can see how others may like it more than I did.

[Kaspar Minosiants]

Don't like this book. Too abstract

[Ashish]

If you are learning design patterns, this book will come handy in learning about the Web oriented patterns and architectures.

[Joc]

While being a bit dated, i also found much could have been summarized in two chapters. As a foundation for web 3, worth a reference at least.