Google I/O Kicks Off: Web Elements, App Engine Gets Java

Google I/O attracts more than 4,000 developers

Google I/O attracts more than 4,000 developers

Recession proof?

Google managed to attract even more developers at this week’s Google I/O conference than at last year’s. The halls and the session rooms are packed.

Here are the 2 major announcements made this morning at the developers’ conference:

  1. Google Web Elements: an easy way to incorporate Google products onto a website or blog. This includes content such as Maps, News and YouTube videos, as well as social comments functionality by Google Friend Connect. Already, Google has 4 billion API calls a day. Google Web Elements makes it even easier to add functionality to sites by choosing optional customizations and copying and pasting a few lines of code. More information is available here.

  2. Java Language Support in App Engine: Today Google is launching general availability of Java language support in Google App Engine, providing all developers with an end-to-end Java language solution for building AJAX web applications. An early look at Java language support in App Engine was released to a limited number of developers at Google’s April 7 Campfire One developer event, and in the last two months more than 10,000 Java language applications have been deployed on the platform. Over 80,000 applications have been built on App Engine since it was launched in April 2008.

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