The Ning Playground provides excellent, free opportunities for those looking to design, develop or run new open social applications and web services. Its features include:

• Rapid development tools for developers at all levels – ranging from point-and-click RAD to deep code
• The ability to clone and remix existing applications in a few minutes
• A horizontally-scaling environment with an innovative object database
• Greatly-expanded application potential with open data sharing by default
• Creative Commons licencing of all content

This session covers:

• Simple and advanced uses of the Ning Playground
• How to clone and remix an existing application in 30 seconds flat
• How Ning can enhance and support your external applications
• A look into the system frameworks and features
• The future of Ning – components, tools, APIs and languages