Archive for February, 2012
Google I/O 2009 – Advanced Techniques, AJAX API Playground
Google I/O 2009 – Fun Hacks and Cool JavaScript: The Advanced Techniques Behind the Google AJAX API Playground Ben Lisbakken In this session, learn advanced Javascript, why App Engine is so easy to develop on, protecting from XSRF vulnerabilities, cutting the load time of your app in half, and hear about general client-side web app techniques. These lessons are taught in the context of the design and development of the AJAX API Playground (code.google.com a tool which can help developers learn about and experiment with many of Google’s APIs. For presentation slides and all I/O sessions, please go to: code.google.com/events/io/sessions.html
Chrome for Android Beta: Under the Hood
The engineering team behind Chrome for Android Beta talk about the underlying architecture, developer tools, and more. Chrome for Android Beta is available for devices running Android 4.0 and higher. To learn more, visit: google.com
Android Fragmentation is Getting Better
www.lockergnome.com – One of the chief arguments against Android and in favor of iOS in today’s mobile OS battle can be simplified to one word: fragmentation. You can see that word thrown all over the place, usually padding walls of text written by an iOS fanboy who probably hasn’t the slightest clue what fragmentation really is. Isn’t that the problem with everything, though? People don’t know what they’re talking about. Here’s a programmer’s perspective on how Android’s fragmentation can actually be a good thing. You can watch the entire live TLDR episode here: youtu.be www.gnomies.com http profiles.google.com twitter.com www.facebook.com
Google Maps API and Tripadvisor
maps.google.com Tripadvisor, the world’s largest online travel community, uses the Google Maps API to plot real-time hotel availability and to create popular social network applications like Cities I’ve visited and Local Picks.