Book Review: Web 2.0 Architectures

Book Review: Web 2.0 Architectures by James Governor, Dion Hinchcliffe, and Duane Nickull: Publisher- Oreilly: ISBN- 13: 978-0-596-51443-3


Web 2.0 Architectures swings between Technologists, entrepreneurs and Analysts. Book is good read to understand what is mean by term Web 2.0. It does not assume any underlying platform or tool set which make it good read for IT mangers in large enterprises and start ups.

The book has its positives and negatives. Book is full of references. Book is short one so can be read in one go.


Disclaimer: I did not get paid to review this book, and I do not stand to gain anything if you buy the book. I have no relationship with the publisher or the author.

Further reading: Few competing book are:
1. Building Social Web Applications: Establishing Community at the Heart of Your Site by Gavin Bell http://www.amazon.com/Building-Social-Web-Applications-Establishing/dp/0596518757
2. Programming the Semantic Web by Toby Segaran, Colin Evans and Jamie Taylor http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Semantic-Web-Toby-Segaran/dp/0596153813
3. Designing for the Social Web Joshua Porter http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Social-Web-Joshua-Porter/dp/0321534921

One can get more information about book and related topics from:

1. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Web-2-0-Architectures-Entrepreneurs-Information/dp/0596514433
2. Publisher -- Oreilly http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514433/
3. Original web 2.0 article: http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html
4. IBM: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/ar-web20/index.html
5. http://web2.socialcomputingjournal.com/web_20_architectures_released_what_entrepreneurs_and_archi.htm
6. An interesting map of web 2.0 http://blogs.msdn.com/mikewalker/archive/2008/05/13/interesting-map-of-web-2-0.aspx
7. http://enterprise2blog.com/2009/02/
8. http://internettime.pbworks.com/web+two-oh
9. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/articles/ora_web20_architectures.html
10. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/architecturegeneral/thread/914f7a8e-0156-4d62-910c-867eb4020cad/