Yahoo! Blueprint - Mobile Made Easy

With the launch of Yahoo! Blueprint 1.1, it has never been easier to build rich, compelling mobile services in record time. Blueprint 1.1 allows you to use simple XML to create applications, sites and widgets that run on thousands of mobile devices. When you use Blueprint, you are using the same technology that we use to build our world-class mobile offerings such as oneSearch, oneConnect and the yahoo.com mobile homepage for your own mobile services! Benefits:

• Write once, run on thousands of devices as native applications, mobile websites and mobile widgets.
• Use on many platforms and numerous operating systems - Blueprint is not tied to one manufacturer or technology.
• Take advantage of powerful features such as location, maps and video with a few lines of XML.

Get Started

Ready to build your first Blueprint service?

1. Download the Blueprint 1.1 SDK
2. Use our online Blueprint 1.1 Language Reference
3. Build your service on your own server and return Blueprint XML.
4. Read the Deployment Guide and publish your service using the Blueprint Management Portal

About Yahoo! Blueprint

Overview

Blueprint is Yahoo!'s platform for developing and distributing rich mobile Internet services. It offers a standards-based language, an easy-to-use toolkit and support for multiple runtime environments, allowing developers to maximize their reach across thousands of mobile devices with minimum effort.

Blueprint 1.1

Our latest release of Blueprint builds on Blueprint 1.0 and adds additional UI controls, video transcoding and the number one request from developers: Blueprint can now be used from your own mobile site, not just from Yahoo's frontpage or Yahoo! Go. Develop a Blueprint service and immediately publish it as a mobile site, keep your own domain name, and get comprehensive statistics on your users.

Blueprint 1.0

Develop with Blueprint 1.0 to create a mobile service that integrates seamlessly with Yahoo! Go 3.0, our premium client experience, and get distribution via the Yahoo! Mobile Widget Gallery.

Additional Resources

1. Jump to the official Blueprint developers page at Yahoo! Mobile to get more information and the latest documentation.
2. For up to the minute news and sample code visit the Mobile Developer Blog.
3. Engage with the Blueprint community at the Mobile Developers Discussion Group.
4. Questions? We may have the answer on our FAQ page.
5. Read the Quick Start documentation to get started.

Terms of Use

Use of the Yahoo! Mobile Blueprint SDK is governed by the Yahoo! Mobile Widget Developer Terms of Use.