Some of us are thinking about attending the Google I/O conference May
27-28:
http://code.google.com/events/io/sessions.htmlThe Google "Ecology" is expanding rapidly, and has radically changed
our thinking about how to deliver applications. Although Google has
not been particularly explicit about their goals and overall
architecture, there are three big buckets that are of interest to
Redfish and the Complex:
- Google User: This is the Google user part of the ecology. It
includes mainly gmail, Google Maps/Earth and Google Apps. Its where
users get things done.
- Google Code: This is where Google is replacing things like Source
Forge with a more coherent overall suite of web/browser tools that can
be used by any programmer using any hosting/server space they want.
They have GWT, a brilliant Java based system that includes Java to
Javascript translation, letting the programmer stay in a single
environment, Java, yet touch both the client and server side easily.
And they provide project management with svn and a host of life cycle
tools, integrated with Google Groups and all the rest.
- Google Cloud: This is the latest extent of Google -- where the two
above are integrated into a WebApp world with 24/7 uptime and a
coherent, simple client-server model. The client is enhanced with
Gears, a tool letting you blur on-line and off-line use of WebApps
like Google Docs. And naturally there are a huge number of AJAX aids
too for the client side. The server is an artfully simplified Django-
based Python App Engine with a global data store. It integrates
beautifully with Google Maps and other Google Code tools.
I'm not a Google fan-boy .. but I just wanted to make clear why the
Google IO conference might be of interest to many of us. One
example. Steve and I were looking at the Visualization APIs (Google
Code) and wondering if it was possible to interface with it using GWT,
thus avoiding using both Javascript (client) and Java (server).
Looking at the sessions, we found:
Creating powerful dashboards with GWT and the Visualization API
This session will focus on advanced usage of the Visualization API
for GWT developers. It will cover the following topics: Using the API
with GWT, taking a Visualization Data Source and building a dashboard
with it, and advanced techniques, tips & tricks.
Anyone else interested?
-- Owen
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