Tutorial: Introduction to creating mashups using IBM Mashup Center V1.0 

In this tutorial, you will learn the end-to-end process of using IBM^® Mashup Center to create a real-world mashup and publish it to the catalog for others to use. You will learn how to turn data from a spreadsheet into a format that you can use in your mashups and then display the data in a widget. You will also learn how to create a new feed by manipulating the output of an existing feed and then adding it your mashup.

Note 1: This tutorial was written for users who have the installed version of Mashup Center. If you are using the IBM Greenhouse version of Mashup Center, you may notice that some of the event names are steps are different than those used in this tutorial.

Note 2: For PDFs of the tutorial in various languages, scroll to the bottom of this article and click the links in the Attachments section.

Here are the modules and lessons that you will follow:

Module A: Introducing IBM Mashup Center

Lesson 1: Learning terminology
Lesson 2: Touring the user interface
Module A: Summary

Module B: Assembling and wiring your mashup

Lesson 1: Adding the tutorial widgets to your toolbox
Lesson 2: Creating a new page for your mashup
Lesson 3: Adding customer data to your mashup
Lesson 4: Showing weather conditions at customer sites
Lesson 6: Displaying customer Web sites
Lesson 8: Displaying customer stock charts
Lesson 9: Viewing the wiring graph
Module B: Summary

Module C: Using spreadsheet data in your mashup

Lesson 1: Creating a new feed
Lesson 2: Adding the feed to Lotus Mashups
Lesson 3: Wiring the widgets
Module C: Summary

Module D: Creating a feed mashup and adding it to Lotus Mashups

Lesson 1: Creating a new feed
Lesson 2: Importing the feed data
Lesson 3: Restructuring the feed data
Lesson 4: Filtering the feed data
Lesson 5: Publishing and saving the feed mashup
Lesson 6: Adding the mashup feed to Lotus Mashups
Module D: Summary

Module E: Publishing and sharing your mashup

Lesson 1: Publishing your mashup to the catalog
Lesson 2: Sharing your mashup with others
Module E: Summary

To get started, do the following steps:

1. Download the following spreadsheets to your desktop: CustomerSales.xls and CustomerList.xls.
2. Begin the tutorial displayed below.
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If you prefer a local version of the tutorial, download mashups_intro.zip to your machine. Then unzip the file and open frameset.htm to start at the beginning.