Understanding Decentralized Social Networks: 'Practical Fedify: ActivityPub Microblogging Development' Published

Impress Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Takashi Takahashi), which operates IT-related media businesses within the Impress Group, will publish 'Practical Fedify: ActivityPub Microblogging Development' (Author: Hong Minhee) through Impress NextPublishing.

The 'Gijutsu-no-Izumi' series, which shares the latest technical insights, publishes commercial books based on technical self-published works from events like 'Gijutsu-sho-ten' and 'Gijutsu-sho Dojinshi Hakurankai', aiming to contribute to the promotion and development of technical dojinshi.

Overview Title: 'Practical Fedify: ActivityPub Microblogging Development' Author: Hong Minhee Retail Price: E-book Edition 1,800 JPY (excl. tax) / Printed Edition 2,000 JPY (excl. tax) ISBN: 978-4-295-60461-7 Publisher: Impress NextPublishing

Content Introduction This book is aimed at readers with basic knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and explains how to implement the ActivityPub protocol, which supports the Fediverse, a decentralized social network. Using the Fedify framework, it provides step-by-step practical procedures for building a microblog, accompanied by extensive code examples and diagrams. It covers everything from developing an environment with Node.js and database integration to user account management, post implementation, and integration with other ActivityPub instances.

About the Author Hong Minhee: Born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1988. He began web development in 2000 and primarily uses languages such as Python, Haskell, C#, and TypeScript. As an ardent supporter of open source and the Fediverse, he developed 'Fedify', an ActivityPub server framework, and 'Hollo', a Fedify-based personal ActivityPub implementation.