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To write your own mashup from scratch:

	Start by reading the Gadget Developer's Guide to learn the basics about gadgets.
	Define application views /wiki/spaces/a/pages/527265 to render in profile or canvas pages.
	Learn how to request social data from the site hosting your app.
	Mash up other APIs in your gadget by requesting data from other sources on the web.
	Reduce the amount of JavaScript you need to write by adding OpenSocial Tags and Templates.
	Get global with Localization.

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OpenSocial Tutorial	Building a complete social gadget from start to finish.
Social Mashup Tutorial	Write a simple gift giving app using OpenSocial templates.
Social Application Tutorial	Write a gift giving app which relies on an external server.
Social Website Tutorial	Write a gift giving website which allows users to log in with OpenSocial accounts.

Gadget Developer's Guide	Learn the basics of writing OpenSocial-based gadgets.
Requesting Social Data	Fetch social data from inside a gadget.
App Data	Read and write persistent data without needing a database.

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Gadgets API Developers Guide	Learn the basics of writing non-social gadgets.
Gadgets XML Reference	Reference for the gadget specification XML.
Localization	Display locale-appropriate content based on the user's country and language settings.
Views	Render your gadget in different sections of the container.

Remote Data Requests	Fetch remote content.
Introduction To Signed Requests	Securely transmit OpenSocial IDs to a remote server.
Validating Signed Requests	Validate that information from a container has not been modified.

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OpenSocial REST Developer's Guide	Access social data from your server.
Client Libraries	Use PHP, Java, Ruby, Python, and ActionScript or other languages to access social data.

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Social Design Best Practices	Follow best practices for designing social applications.
Unobtrusive Alerts	Avoid the use of the `alert()` function.
Latency Measurement	Learn how to measure the latency and performance of your app.
Improving Latency	Reduce the latency of your app.
OAuth Use Casesuse cases	Learn how OpenSocial uses OAuth authorization.
Performance comparison on Programming Models	Including the comparison on first-time gadget rendering performance, and the data requesting performance.

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Google App Engine	Build an OpenSocial application using Google App Engine.	Amazon S3 and App Engine	Build a photo-sharing application on Amazon S3 and Google App Engine.
Google Data APIs	Access the Google Data APIs from a gadget, using the Google Accounts APIs for authentication.
Google Friend Connect	Integrate OpenSocial and Google Friend Connect on your PHP website.

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