Here is Andy Smith's presentation from The National Learning Platforms Conference 2011. Andy spoke in the Transform session titled 'Extending the possibilities of your platform with the Frog Developer Platform'

1. Frog Developer Platform Andy Smith Senior Analyst/FDP Champion

2. Who is this man? Old-school developer I looked like this: Our logo looked like this:

3. YOU’RE WELCOME!

5. Let Anyone Do Cool Stuff.

6. Staff are more comfortable with technology Technical teams are getting smarter

7. People are wanting to do more... ...and they’re wanting to do it in Frog.

8. FDP Frog Developer Platform

9. Frog Developer Platform FDP Widgets Frog API FDP Community

10. FDP Widgets Your Application Within Frog

11. FDP Widgets Built using standard web technologies: HTML CSS JavaScript

12. FDP Widget Libraries Interact with your Frog data Access external data sources via APIs Easy manipulation of the HTML DOM

13. Frog API Standard, controlled, secure way of interacting with your Frog data. Create, Read, Update, Delete. Available within Frog via FDP Widgets. Available outside Frog via HTTP.

14. Available outside Frog.

15. Bringing Frog into your environment. Your own websites Third-Party websites

16. …and more! Mobile Apps Desktop Apps

18. “Could I eventually write a completely new front-end for our Frog installation?”

19. Yes.

20. Security Wait – ALL my Frog data is external? All API calls are authenticated. Same per-user authentication as the platform. Per-school control over which APIs are available, and which are allowed on a per-widget basis. External authentication is based on oAuth tokens, which you can revoke.

21. Sign me up!

22. Getting Started http://fdp.frogcommunity.com

23. Training Courses Full-day sessions (9:30-15:30) Run from Frog HQ in Halifax & on-site in schools

25. Andy Smith - andy.smith@frogtrade.com

26. FDP info - fdp@frogtrade.com

27. Twitter: @frog_fdp