Google Developers Blog: December 2012

To the Google developer community, 2012’s a wrap

Saturday, December 22, 2012

By Phoebe Peronto, Developer MarketingyouGangnam style-inspired appYou have...Google I/O 2012I/O ExtendedallovertheworldGoogle I/O 2013DevFest season

335 active and incubating chapters

Google+ HangoutsGoogle Developers LivemadecountlessgreatappsHere’s to a great yearWant to learn more? Find your nearest GDG chapter to get involved in local events, and connect with Google developers 24/7/365 on Google Developers Live and +Google Developers.Phoebe Peronto is on the Google Developer Product Marketing team. Her mission is to make developer magic by sharing Google tools, technologies, and programs with the community to make super cool apps. She's also a foodie, globetrotter, and avid runner.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

No WebView required, with native YouTube Player API for Android

Friday, December 21, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorThis post is abridged and cross-posted from the YouTube API Blog.YouTube Android Player APIpre-announced

High-quality video playback supported on Android 2.2 (Froyo) or newer.

Easy integration with your Android application (no WebView required).

Fullscreen and orientation change support.

Closed captions display.

Support for YouTube ads.

Programmatic access, similar to existing Player APIs, to most aspects of the YouTube video playback experience.

Integration with the Android YouTube app using a standard set of YouTube Intents.

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Learn morepost on The YouTube API BlogplaylistScott Knaster is the Editor of Google Developers Blog. His programming books have been translated into several languages, including Japanese and Pascal.

New mod_pagespeed: cache advances, progressive JPEGs

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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Putting Zürich before Århus

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

By Mark Davis, International Software Architect

International Components for Unicode (ICU)

compare strings correctly: choosing whether or not to ignore accents, case differences, etc.

format numbers correctly: choosing decimal places, currencies, whether to use thousands-separator, etc.

format dates and times correctly: choosing decimal places, numeric vs named months, etc.

match locales: comparing the user’s desired locales (say Arabic and French) against the supported locales (say French, German, and English), to get the best match.

BCP47LDMLUnicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) projectECMA-402: ECMAScript Internationalization API SpecificationMark Davis is president and cofounder of the Unicode consortium, and founder of ICU and CLDR. Mark is fond of food, film, travel, and RPGs. Mark lived for 4 years in Switzerland, and is moving back in February.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

The simpler, yet more powerful new YouTube Data API

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

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By Raul Furnică, Tech Lead; Vladimir Vuskovic, Product Manager; and Pepijn Crouzen, Software Engineer, YouTube API TeamThis post is abridged and cross-posted from the YouTube API Blog.launchawesome appsversion 3.0Freebasetry it todayNew functionality: Topics, universal search, and audience engagement supportFreebase/m/02vx4universal searchthis onechannel subscriberspostsLearn morepost on The YouTube API BlogplaylistRaul Furnică is the YouTube API Tech Lead, based in Zürich. He is a believer that API interfaces should be optimized for ease of use, not server implementation.

Vladimir Vuskovic is a Product Manager at Google, and manages YouTube APIs and uploads. He got his Ph.D. from the robotics institute at ETH Zurich.

Pepijn Crouzen is a Software Engineer on the YouTube API Team and he is based in Paris.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Women Techmakers for social good

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

By Phoebe Peronto, Developer MarketingGDL Presents: Women TechmakersKivaCode for AmericaCodecademyLast week: series highlightsWomen Techmakers Give Back with Kiva.orgKiva.orgWomen Techmakers Give Back with Code for AmericaCode for AmericaWomen Techmakers Give Back with CodecademyCodecademyWomen Techmakers Give Back with ClearStreet, JavaThis Week: We’re going globalThursday, 12/20Watch liveAdd to calendarThursday, 12/20Ginger SoftwareWatch liveAdd to calendarWatch anytime, anywherenew WTM homeWe’re taking techmaker nominations. Share with +Google Developers and @googledevs who you’d like to see on the next Women Techmakers series. Use hashtag (#WTM) and +mention your favorite maker women.Phoebe Peronto is an Associate Product Marketing Manager on the Developer Marketing team here at Google. She’s a foodie who has a penchant for traveling, politics, and running. Oh, and of course...Go Cal Bears!Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: Lady Ada Lovelace, evolving limbs, ancient labyrinth

Friday, December 14, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorLady Ada LovelaceGoogle Doodleworld's first algorithmCharles Babbage’s Analytical Engine

Women TechmakersGoogle Developers Livelimbs evolving from finsRuggles says the drawings are a labyrinthEach Friday on this blog we skip our usual developer topics and offer interesting (we hope) stuff that’s not directly related to writing code.

App Engine 1.7.4 released

Thursday, December 13, 2012

By the Google App Engine TeamCross-posted from the Google App Engine Blog
The Google App Engine team has been busy putting together our final release of 2012. This release includes a number of features graduating from Experimental status as well as the usual batch of bug fixes and improvements. We’ll be taking a short break from our monthly release cycle over the holidays, but we’ll be back to our normal schedule starting in February.
Expanded EU Support
We’re happy to announce that we are expanding European Union datacenter support, based on positive feedback from early users. You can sign up here. Please note, deployment is currently limited to billing-enabled applications.
We understand that data locality and latency are important to developers and are committed to further expanding this support in the coming months.

Java
We've made a new Maven plugin available, added the source to the SDK for easier IDE debugging, and made significant performance improvements to the JSP compilation process. Please see our Java release notes for more information.

Python
We’ve made a big push to bring a number of new features to GA, upgraded the interpreter to version 2.7.3, and added several new experimental features. For more details, please see our Python release notes.

New and Upgraded Features
We also have a handful of notable features in this release:

Task Queue statistics (General Availability): You can see statistics such as the current number of tasks in a queue, the number of tasks executed in the last hour, and more.

Traffic splitting (General Availability): You can split requests amongst different versions of your app.

LogsReader and Logs API (General Availability): You can now fetch requests based on a list of request IDs.

Expanded Datastore query support (Experimental): We’ve added ‘DISTINCT’ support to Datastore queries.

Full release notes and Google Cloud Platform newsletter
The complete list of features and a list of bug fixes for 1.7.4 can be found in our release notes. For App Engine coding questions and answers check us out on Stack Overflow, and for general discussion and feedback, find us on our Google Group.

Finally, to stay up to date with Google Cloud Platform, sign up for our newsletter where you’ll get the latest news, announcements and event information.Written by the Google App Engine Team.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Women Techmakers give back

Monday, December 10, 2012

By Phoebe Peronto, Developer MarketingWomen TechmakersGoogle Developers LiveGoogle GivingYouTube EDUGoogle+

Tuesday, 12/11Kiva.orgWatch liveAdd to calendarKivaGoogle.orgWednesday, 12/12Code for AmericaWatch liveAdd to calendarCode for AmericaThursday, 12/13CodecademyWatch liveAdd to calendarCodecademyGoogle VenturesFriday, 12/14ClearStreet Inc.Watch liveAdd to calendarClearStreet Inc.first WTM seriesGoogle+ events to RSVPGDLask questionsWatch Women Techmakers any time by visiting us at our new home. Tune in live, view archived episodes, and check out upcoming content.Phoebe Peronto is an Associate Product Marketing Manager on the Developer Marketing team here at Google. She’s a foodie who has a penchant for traveling, politics, and running. Oh, and of course...Go Cal Bears!Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: Global Impact, lunar mapping, transforming robot

Friday, December 7, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorGoogle GivingGlobal Impact Awardsthe home pagegrant programs of Google Givingfirst mapping imagesEbb and Flowhere’s one you can enjoy on videoOn Fridays we depart from our usual developer topics and post a Fridaygram, which features interesting nerdy stuff for fun and knowledge. This week we acknowledge Walt Disney’s eleventy-first birthday, and the happy news that his creation Oswald the Lucky Rabbit will finally get a voice after 85 years of silence.

Google HackFair in South Korea

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

By Soonson Kwon, Developer Relations Program ManagerGangnam Stylea remote controlled car guided by Android, a serial terminal for Chrome, a braille printer using Go, and many more

hereSoonson Kwon is Developer Relations Program Manager and Country Lead for South Korea. His mission is to help Korean developers make better use of Google’s developer products. He is also passionate about Open Source.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

GDL Presents: Keeping the Internet Free & Open

Monday, December 3, 2012

By Derek Slater, Policy ManagerGoogle Developers LivePresents

Google+ eventsGDLask questionsraise your voice for a free and open webTuesdayM-LabTransparency ReportWatch liveAdd to calendarWednesdayGoogle for EntrepreneursEngine AdvocacyWatch liveAdd to calendarGoogle for EntrepreneursEngine AdvocacyThursdayAccess NowAssociation for Progressive CommunicationsCentro de Technologia e SociedadeFundacion KarismaDerechos DigitalesWatch liveAdd to calendarConnect with us at developers.google.com/live. Tune in to live programming, check out the latest in Google tools and technologies, and learn how to make great apps.Derek Slater defends the open Internet on Google's public policy team. He supports the company's global advocacy efforts on innovation policy, and recently helped launch google.com/takeaction.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

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