Tutorials

Three tutorials are currently available:

• 1. Simple "Hello World" widget (or how to begin writing widgets)
• 2. "Question" widget or how to use JWL and Javascript
• 3. How to use Joost's Engine events and XMLHttpRequest

For more tips, see the Developer Blog.

Please keep in mind that some aspects of the API are still changing and that techniques described in this tutorial may be superseded. In the future we will introduce a requirement for widgets to be signed using certificates. In the meantime we hope you will find these tutorials useful.

Another good place to start is the examples we provide, which are licensed under the BSD-like JOWL license, so you can use the code in them (with attribution) in your own widgets.