Google Code

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Google Code is Google's site for developers interested in Google-related development. The site contains Open Source code and lists of their services API. It uses the Subversion revision control software, modified to support Google's BigTable database in order to better support the expected submissions.^[1]

• Summer of Code ^[2] is a mentoring program to find students for Open Source projects.
• Projects^[3] and Patches^[4] are Open Source software that Google has developed.
• Project Hosting^[5] is a revision control (using Subversion) and bug tracking platform for Open Source projects (in direct competition with SourceForge)

Contents 1 APIs 1.1 Google Web API 1.2 Google Web Toolkit 2 External links 3 References

[edit] APIs

Google offers several APIs for web and desktop programmers alike. They are often based around current Google products, including AdSense, Google Checkout and Google Toolbar. There are also Data APIs, which are aimed at higher end developers, who wish to manipulate Google's services on a more advanced level.

• Google Code APIs

[edit] Google Web API

The Google Web API (or Google Web Services) is Google's public interface for registered developers. Using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), a programmer can write services for search and data mining that rely on Google's results. Also, websurfers can view cached pages and make suggestions for better spelling.

• Google Web API website

[edit] Google Web Toolkit

The Google Web Toolkit is a free toolkit by Google, as part of the Google Code initiative, to develop Ajax applications in the Java programming language. GWT supports rapid client/server development and debugging in any Java IDE. In a subsequent deployment step, the GWT compiler translates a working Java application into equivalent JavaScript that programmatically manipulates a web brower's HTML DOM using DHTML techniques. GWT emphasizes reusable, efficient solutions to recurring Ajax challenges, namely asynchronous remote procedure calls, history management, bookmarking, and cross-browser portability.

• Google Web Toolkit
• Wikia Google Tookit, a complete wiki about GWT

[edit] External links

• Google Code website
• A detailed list of the features of Google Code - Project Hosting

[edit] References

1. ^ Brockmeier, Joe 'Zonker' (2006-07-27). Google announces hosting for open source projects. NewsForge. Retrieved on 2006-09-05.
2. ^ Google Summer of Code
3. ^ Google Code - Projects
4. ^ Google Code - Patches
5. ^ Google Code - Project Hosting