num_pages: 480
description: "Phil Stanhope delivers what I consider to be a recipe-based approach to building tools and applications for the Groove decentralized communications platform.Phil isn't just a short-order cook; he's a master chef."-Jack Ozzie, Vice President of Development, Platform and Development Services, Groove Networks, Inc.Building Tools and Peer-to-Peer Solutions with the Groove(r) PlatformThe Groove platform makes peer-to-peer workgroup collaboration easier than ever. With this unique developer's guide, you'll discover how to customize Groove for specific business needs - taking Groove collaboration and ease of use to the next level. Using plenty of code examples in JavaScript, C++, and Visual Basic, veteran Groove developer Phil Stanhope shows you step by step how to create your own Groove tools and layouts and integrate contact management, Web-based customer management services, and data from enterprise systems.Take Groove(r) to the Next Level* Understand Groove basics - the transceiver, contacts, messaging, chatting, spaces, and accounts* Create, test, and refine custom HTML viewer tools to integrate existing Web content into Groove* Streamline development by extracting template code from existing tools* Create your own custom Groove layout* Integrate contact management with invitation files and online detection tools* Enhance a customer-service Web site by adding a Groove collaboration space with seeded customer data and tools* Understand the basics of next-generation edge-based CRM applications by synchronizing center-based enterprise data with custom edge-based tools* Import and export Groove-specific XML as well as third-party XML data from corporate databases and Web-enabled CRM and ERP systems* Exploit Groove's communications, security, and transport services to build asynchronous, guaranteed-delivery message and data-synchronization solutionsCD-ROM * Sample Groove tools* Complete source code and examples from the book* Groove Preview Edition and Groove Development Kit
language: English
title: Get in the Groove: Building Tools and Peer-to-Peer Solutions with the Groove Platform
titlecomplete: Get in the Groove: Building Tools and Peer-to-Peer Solutions with the Groove Platform
publisher: Wiley