Rapid Development with Python, Django, and Google App Engine Guido van Rossum (Google) Learn how to create great web applications quickly on Google App Engine using the Django web framework and the Python language. Google App Engine lets you host complete, scalable web applications written in Python with minimal fuss. This tutorial assumes basic familiarity with Python but definitely no advanced Python knowlege; Django experience is optional. You will learn how to use the Django web framework with the datastore API provided by Google App Engine, and how to get the most mileage out of the combination. You will also see how to use Django best practices like unit testing when developing for Google App Engine.

Providing the complexity of web applications that can be developed with Django and Google App Engine, the need for Desktops remains present but we can question the need for virtual solutions in common applications such as Virtual Bridges.

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Hey, What’s That? A Map Hack
Google engEDU
51 min – May 8, 2007

Google Tech Talks
May 8, 2007

ABSTRACT

Designed to answer the question "What am I looking at?" when standing on a hilltop or pulled over at a scenic overlook, HeyWhatsThat.com has garnered reviews like "Just when I thought I was in danger of becoming a jaded customer of the mass mapping space, here’s a site that effortlessly returns me to a state of slack-jawed wonder" (OgleEarth). In addition to peak detection and identification, it offers viewshed computations, elevation contours, elevation profiles, and integration with Google Maps and Google Earth. This talk — given by Michael Kosowsky, designer and proprieter of HeyWhatsThat.com — will focus on what it is and how it got to be that way.

http://www.heywhatsthat.com/

http://www.heywhatsthat.com/faq.html

Speaker: Michael Kosowsky

Michael Kosowsky has more than 25 years of experience in software development, on platforms ranging from embedded microprocessors to supercomputers. Currently sole proprietor of the HeyWhatsThat.com web site, previous roles include founder and CTO of Great Point Design, where he developed its desktop photo application and web service; founder and CTO of Momentum, Inc., where he led the development and patenting of a portable client-server communications technology; and software engineer for The Jackson Laboratory and DNA Sciences, where he implemented systems for visualizing and sharing genomic data. Read the rest of this entry »

Flex, Flash and Apollo for Rich Internet Applications
Google EngEDU
56 min – May 2, 2007

Google Tech Talks
May 2, 2007

ABSTRACT

James Ward, engineer and evangelist for Adobe’s Flex, Flash and Apollo technologies, will demonstrate their use for very rich user experiences in internet applications. Topics covered will include ECMAscript, the recent open source donation of the scripting engine to the Apache Tamarin project, Apollo (the standalone execution environment for running desktop applications written in flash and HTML) and much more. Read the rest of this entry »

Creating Tools for AJAX Development
Google engEDU
1 hr – May 3, 2006

Google TechTalks
May 3, 2006

Javier Pedemonte, IBM
Adam Peller, IBM

ABSTRACT
Tools for building HTML/Javascript and so-called AJAX-style applications are sparse. Mozilla has traditionally had the best tools in Venkman and its DOM Inspector, but recently development has been stagnant and these tools do not offer integration with active code development.

Newer tools like Firebug offer more clever tools to inspect pages but still have no role in the rest of the development cycle.

The Eclipse AJAX Toolkit Framework brings these types of tools into the Eclipse IDE — making use of the Java XPCOM to Java bridge and leveraging the robust features of Eclipse, while leaving the environment pluggable for more enhancements. The current work will be demonstrated and the architecture will be discussed, with particular attention to the JavaScript debugger and embedding of xulrunner. Read the rest of this entry »

Web Applications and the Ubiquitous Web
Google engEDU
1 hr – Feb 1, 2006

Google TechTalks
February 1, 2006

Dave Raggett

Dave Raggett is currently a W3C Fellow from Canon, and W3C Activity Lead for Multimodal Interaction. Dave has been closely involved with driving standards for the Web since 1992, e.g. setting up the IETF HTTP working group, helping with work on ECMAScript, and W3C work on HTML, XForms, MathML, VoiceXML and other related specifications. For further details see: http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett

ABSTRACT
The Web is increasingly a ubiquitous platform for application developers. The talk will outline an emerging vision for the Ubiquitous Web and areas where further work is needed. I will also present work I have been doing on a Web-based alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint and its extension to support remote meetings. Finally, I will demonstrate the use of AJAX to add speech capabilities to web browsers and the role of remote speech engines. Read the rest of this entry »