New FamilySearch DevNet Site
David May 9th, 2008
From Jimmy Zimmerman, FamilySearch Developer Support, comes the relaunch of the FamilySearch DevNet site http://devnet.familysearch.org. This site will be used by developers who intend to use the FamilySearch API to create web sites and software. These APIs permit 3rd party tools to search, update, and insert records in the new FamilySearch database.
The content has been reorganized, which should help you find content faster.
FAQs are beginning to populate, so you can find answers to common questions on that tab.
The Events tab now has a page "All Recorded Presentations" which will link to all of the public, recorded presentations. Now you can access all recordings from one place without having to dig through past events.
The Downloads tab has an area for third-party software. Project owners will be given rights to manage their own page for their project. If you have a project that you would like to have posted here, please email devnet@familysearch.org.
We are putting an end to the life of the Basic Client. We will provide how-to articles for using tools like Poster. We may still post the source to the Basic Client on the site, but we will no longer be supporting it.
If you experience any problems with the new site, or find any broken links, please email devnet@familysearch.org.
I have been using PhpGedView for my family genealogy site, which should have new FamilySearch integration with the next major release of the software. I haven’t been using these APIs yet myself, but I am interested in doing so.