JotSpot Introduces Free Online Developer Program, Simplifies Wiki Development
JotSpot’s Extensible Platform Available to Broad Developer Community
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept 12, 2005– JotSpot, the first application wiki company, today announced the formation of the JotSpot Developer Connection, the free online destination for accessing the latest tools and resources for developing on the JotSpot wiki platform. Using the power of wiki, JotSpot makes Web development simple and allows developers to focus on creating higher value applications in a fast and productive environment.
When developers sign up for free membership in the JotSpot Developer Connection, they can immediately take advantage of JotSpot’s open APIs, making the JotSpot platform completely extensible and letting developers customize their JotSpot wiki in small ways, such as look and feel, or significant ways, such as writing a plug-in or developing a full-blown application. In addition to the open APIs, community members will benefit from discussion forums, documentation, sample code and tutorials for developers looking to build applications for the JotSpot platform. The JotSpot Developer Connection is immediately available at developer.jot.com.
“JotSpot is a platform that developers and tinkerers can really take advantage of with the open API’s”, said Scott McMullan, Director, Developer Relations, JotSpot. “With the launch of the JotSpot Developer Connection, we’re providing a vehicle for innovation, creativity and sophisticated application development that is both powerful and widely accessible. Never before have such a broad group of developers had the tools and resources to truly develop a customized and sophisticated wiki so easily.”
The new online community forum gives partners, small businesses and individual developers a collaborative environment in which they can create and share applications with the JotSpot customer base. As active members of the community, developers can collaborate with each other and share ideas and best practices about different ways to customize their JotSpot wiki or how to turn their wiki applications into new revenue streams by becoming an Application Service Provider.
“It is the developer group that is really going to take advantage of JotSpot’s extensibility and show the Web community what can be built from a wiki platform,” said CEO Joe Kraus.
REVENUE SOURCES FOR DEVELOPERS
Using JotSpot as a web application development platform, consultants are using JotSpot to better and more profitably service their clients and generate new revenue streams.
“Because JotSpot’s fast and nimble technology offers so many features by default, we can take on more advanced projects and turn them around for our clients quicker than ever before,” said Kathleen Romano Co-Founder of Knowesys. “The open APIs and the community resources available through the JotSpot Developer Connection, combined with JotSpot’s wide base functionality, have opened up an entirely new stream of revenue for us.”
About the JotSpot Developer Community
Membership in the JotSpot Developer Connection is free. Built on JotSpot, the community is active today and in the spirit of wikis, will continue to evolve and grow over time. Please visit developer.jot.com for details on how to join and immediately benefit from:
— Three free wikis — two production level wikis to develop and test
applications and serve as a general purpose development workspace;
and an alpha wiki loaded with the latest early access
functionality — not yet available to the general public.
— The JotSpot developer blog — Designed to be ‘all-things-developer’
at JotSpot, the blog is authored by the JotSpot engineering team and
guest authors working on the JotSpot platform. The blog will feature
information related to JotSpot plug-ins, applications and themes, and
will serve as an outlet to share a behind-the-scenes look at
development at JotSpot.
— An active community of JotSpot wiki developers with which to share
ideas, best practices and resources.
About JotSpot
JotSpot, headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., is the first application wiki company. Founded and led by Excite.com co-founders Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer, the company is pioneering do-it-yourself application publishing to enable anyone to create, publish and share collaborative and personalized applications. JotSpot currently offers two publishing platforms; a customizable application wiki and a blogging application. For more information, please visit www.jotspot.com.