Google’s Chrome Browser + Google Web Toolkit = Matching Pieces of the Puzzle

Another piece of the puzzle about Google’s Chrome browser fell into place for me as I was doing the research on a development project.

Chrome was built to be run web applications very quickly. During the announcement they mentioned how it was designed to run Javascript quickly.

With this in mind, I started thinking about fast and easy ways to develop great Javascript applications. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I decided to see how Google approaches Javascript development.

Funny thing happens when you search on “google javascript”. Google’s first listing is the Google Web Toolkit aka GWT.

Wikipedia says GWT “is a general set of tools for building any sort of high-performance client-side JavaScript functionality”.

Interesting huh?

Now if I only had a “server” to host, deploy and scale my web apps…

Wait, can you say “Google App Engine” which was released this past spring?

So we now have a great web app development environment, a server to run the web apps and Chrome to display the user interface on the customers computer; what’s not to like?

All good news for a browser like Chrome built specifically to run Javascript well.

PS – Yes, Google App Engine only supports Python for now, “with other languages to come,” but I’m betting in the not to distant future, we’ll see an announcement of a connection between GWT and the Google App Engine platform.

Google’s Chrome and Android Stake Claim to Mobile “Real Estate”

Is Google staking their claim in mobile “real estate” with Chrome browser and Android operating system?

With everyone talking about Google going after IE and the Microsoft desktop, most people overlook how Google’s mobile strategy ties into everything they do.

Of course, many things at Google seem to tie into their bigger strategy, like their investments in an undersea telecommunications cable (Betanews.com) and wireless communication through satellite (NY Times), or their participation the recent telecom spectrum auction process (InformationWeek).

We can’t forget their actions to “Free the Airwaves” (see the post by Google’s own Minnie Ingersoll, Product Manager, Alternative Access Team).

In terms of mobile, if you think about the phone as the “computer everyone carries around with them” and that more and more power is coming to these small hand held devices, Chrome and Android again help place Google smack dab in the path of future progress.

Just like in real estate investing, it’s all about location, location, location.

Google has their “prime real estate” bought and paid for, now all they have to do is wait for progress to push the rest of us right to their doorstep.

PS – Unlike regular real estate though, Google is offering “free rent” on most of its properties (Chrome, Android, Gmail, etc).