Web As Platform: Google I/O 2009
Google I/O 2009, the largest developer conference of the year, was held in May 27 and 28 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It included a mix of practical advices for building web applications, and opportunities to analyze the emerging trends. The conference sessions have covered various types of tools, while the topic areas included: Android and Mobile, Chrome, App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, Maps and Geo, YouTube, OpenSocial and AJAX.
“One of the key themes of this year’s event will be the unprecedented acceleration of the open web platform: Nearly half a billion people now use browsers that are rooted in open source technology, which have quintupled their processing power in less than a year. Now, the new functionality in HTML 5 — from graphics and location to local storage and background processing — is enabling developers to build uniquely powerful web applications.”, informed Google Press Center.
Google has also announced new products and initiatives meant to promote the open web as development platform: Google Web Elements, Java Language Support in App Engine and second phase of the Android Developer Challenge.
The general availability of Java language support in Google App Engine, providing developers with an end-to-end Java language solution for building AJAX driven applications, as well as the quarter of a million dollars offered for the overall winner of the Android Developer Challenge are exciting news for the world wide web developers communities. More information about Google I/O 2009 are available here.
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