Mash-up, Iframe and API

Mash-up, Iframe and API

1. Mash-up

   • Uses more than one source to create a single service
   • An example would be combining location data on a map with pictures

2. Why it is needed

   • Innovative as it is using information as not previously planned
   • Speed up delopment
   • Reduce development costs
   • Increase agility of program

3. IFrame can be: An IFrame (Inline Frame) is an HTML document embedded inside another HTML document on a website. The IFrame HTML element is often used to insert content from another source, such as an advertisement, into a Web page

4. An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of functions, procedures, methods or classes used by computer programs to request services from the operating system, software libraries or any other service providers running on the computer. A computer programmer uses the API to make application programs. Types of API include web services API like the Twitter API, which allows programs to use the API to receive updates on tweets

   • Allows other programs to use data from bigger programs