Widget?

[james3302]

What exactly is a widget. I know that its add-on software that is usually written for a specific host intended, but are there any rules? I have never made one before(if you can't tell) and want to. I heard about Ruby on Rails and thought I could use that, but I don't know if it'll work for a widget. I basically want a snapshot of a page on the users website, when the user clicks on one of the items in the snapshot it pulls up and main page that shows everythign about that item.

[MrViggy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget

Pick your definition. Typically, I use the term to refer to a GUI object (button, list, edit box, etc.) that is not a complete window.

Viggy

[james3302]

I choose this one:

Web widget, a third party item that can be embedded in a web page

now what language is good to write widgets in? Any documentation that maybe talks about how this is done?

[james3302]

I found a site that explains it, seems I am wanted to make an app and not a widget. anyways thanks for the help.

[ajubien]

From Tomsoft@webwag team :
"A widget is generally speaking a small application, a little bit of code, that does one simple thing but does it well. It’s fairly easy to develop a new widget!"

By the way, Webwag's team has made nice tutorials on widget development, both on web and mobile phones. You can find them at http://developer.webwag.com

[PeejAvery]

Welcome to the forums ajubien. :wave:

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