What is Google Code?
What is Google Code?
Google Code is a Google authorized vehicle for providing opportunities fro developers who are interested in enhancing Google products and facilities. It is a site which contains an Open Source code and an index of its constituents supported by the APIs. These APIs are available for both desktop and web programmers and revolve around recent Google items like Google Toolbar, Google Checkout and AdSense. It is the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) on which these AdWords and AdSense software are based which allows users to combine their own ideas and functions with those of the services offered by Google. While AdSense API aids the work of website and blog owners, the AdWords API provides its customers the right to use their AdWords accounts. The Google Data APIs immensely aid users to innovate applications that can be obtained from Google authorized services only like Blogger, Google Apps, Google Spreadsheet Google Calendar, Google Base, Google Code Search, Picasa Web Album, Google Notebook etc.
Google Code also facilitates certain Open Source Projects like those of the Google Web Toolkit and Google Gears. The Google Web Toolkit is meant especially for the toolkit developers to aid the creation of various applications like the Java programming language and Ajax applications. Google Gears on the other hand is a service offered by Google to continue access to certain services offline which are usually available online. It is a beta software which requires the installation of a database engine in order to obtain the necessary information from the online services. Therefore, works are not stalled in the case of unavailability of internet network services. Google Gears will allow the functioning to continue despite being offline.
Google Code also offers Project hosting programs as well. And moreover its special program meant for training students in Open Source Projects has proved extremely successful with it receiving an overwhelming response all over.
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