Google Developers Blog: May 2012

Upgrade now to the new Google Analytics Core Reporting API

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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By Pete Frisella, Nick Mihailovski, and Jeetendra Soneja, Google Analytics API TeamCore Reporting API Migration UpdateBack in DecemberreminderReminder: Migrate to the new Core Reporting APIMigration Guide: Moving from v2.3 APIs to v2.4 & v3.0New Guides To Get You Started FastHello Analytics API tutorialCore Reporting APIManagement APIHello Analytics API tutorialDeveloper Guidesawesome applicationPete Frisella is a Developer Advocate for Google Analytics, interested in encouraging and promoting awesome Google Analytics integrations. Pete loves to talk tech, travel, and hit the golf course when he can.Nick Mihailovski is a Senior Developer Programs Engineer working on the Google Analytics API. In his spare time he likes to travel around the world.Jeetendra Soneja is the Technical Engineering Lead on the Google Analytics API team. He's a big fan of cricket – the game, that is. :)Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Join us at Random Hacks of Kindness this weekend

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

By Christiaan Adams, Developer Advocate, Google.org Crisis Response TeamCross-posted with the Google.org BlogRandom Hacks of Kindness

A team at RHoK in Trento, Italy designed a mobile application that connects charities distributing food to needy populations with restaurants and businesses with excess food to donate.

A team at RHoK Philadelphia designed a web platform enabling homeless service providers to easily identify empty beds and open soup kitchens for Philadelphia and New Jersey homeless populations.

A team at RHoK Washington D.C. designed a tool to visualize complex landslide risk algorithms, making the information accessible to local mayors and urban planners making building decisions.

A team at RHoK Sydney created a crowdsourcing tool to allow Australian citizens to rapidly report and respond to bushfires.

Christiaan Adams is a Developer Advocate with the Google Earth Outreach Team and Google.org’s Crisis Response Team, where he helps nonprofits and disaster response organizations to use online mapping tools. When he’s not at work, he likes to go hiking or mountain biking, using Google Maps, of course.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: Moog doodle, new species, eclipse pictures

Friday, May 25, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog Editordoodle honoring Bob MoogMoog SynthesizerWeb Audio APIplay withtop 10 new speciessuper-fast waspvery big millipedesneezing monkeyreally amazing jelly

Bonaire Banded Box Jelly (Tamoya ohboya). Yeah, it stings. Photo credit: Ned DeLoach
annular eclipsetheseThe Official Google Blog post about the Moog doodle includes this wonderful bit of writing: "Bob Moog is something of a patron saint of the nerdy arts..." We respect that here on the Fridaygram, because nerds r us, and that's why we publish posts with items that aren’t always related to developer topics.

The Google APIs Explorer has a new look

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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By Antonio Fuentes and Jake Moshenko,
Google Developer Teamintroduced the Google APIs Explorerthe APIs Explorer has a brand new look

Use the Google+ API to search for public profiles of people named "John Smith".

Use the Books API to search for a particular book.

Use the Google+ API to list your personal Google+ activities (requires private access).

documentationPublic ForumAntonio Fuentes is a Product Manager focusing on developer-facing technologies.

Jake Moshenko is a Software Engineer working on the Google APIs developer experience. He believes that Google APIs should be easy to use, especially from Google platforms.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: email journey, humans and robots, special space launch

Friday, May 18, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorStory of Send

At the data centerSafe and Secure pagecontrolled a robotic arm with their thoughtsgrab a bottle and bring it to her so she could drink from itwatch the May 19 launch of the private SpaceX Dragon spacecraftwhere you areEach week we publish Fridaygram, featuring stuff from Google and beyond that you might have missed during the week. Fridaygram items aren't necessarily related to developer topics; they’re just interesting to us nerds. This week we’re wondering if Zefram Cochrane would be interested in the SpaceX launch.

Hangouts Hackathon: 1 API, 5 developers, 2 weeks

Thursday, May 17, 2012

By Jonathan Beri, Google+ Developer AdvocateCross-posted from the Google+ Developers Blogreleased an updateGoogle+ Hangouts APIThe Barbarian GroupAaron MeyersOKFocusGoogle+ Developers page

Fridaygram: App Engine search, rock-tossing chimp, man vs. beast

Friday, May 11, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorGoogle App Enginefull-text searchSearch APIaggressive chimp that likes to gather and throw stonesremixed videoEach week we publish Fridaygram, a post with cool Google and non-Google stuff you might have missed during the week. Fridaygram items aren't necessarily related to developer topics; they’re just interesting to us nerds. As for moving from App Engine Search to Santino the plotting chimp, we’re just trying to maintain our practice of tortured transitions.

Pricing plan announced for Google Cloud SQL

Thursday, May 10, 2012

By Joe Faith, Product ManagerDaffodil

For developers who want to try out the service, or who have lightweight applications, we offer a flexible "per use" pricing scheme. For example, you can get started with a cloud hosted MySQL database for around a dollar per month. You pay for just what you use.

For developers with more traffic, there are package plans that are more economical and help you predict your costs in advance.

https://developers.google.com/cloud-sql/docs/billinghttps://developers.google.com/cloud-sql/Joe Faith is a Product Manager on the Google Cloud Team. In a previous life he was a researcher in machine learning, bioinformatics, and information visualization, and was founder of charity fundraising site Fundraising Skills. Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

New Google Analytics Easy Dashboard Library

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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By Jeetendra Soneja and Nick Mihailovski,
Google Analytics API TeamApps GalleryGoogle Analytics Easy Dashboard Library

Copy and paste the JavaScript code.

Configure this code to query your data and choose a chart type to visualize it.

<div id="chart1"></div> <script> var chart1 = new gadash.Chart({ 'type': 'LineChart', 'divContainer': 'chart1', 'last-n-days':30, 'query': { 'ids': TABLE_ID, 'metrics': 'ga:visitors,ga:visits,ga:pageviews', 'dimensions': 'ga:date', 'sort': 'ga:date' }, 'chartOptions': { hAxis: {title:'Date'}, vAxis: {title:'Visits'}, } }).render(); </script>

Getting Started guideGA-easy-dash-feedbackJeetendra Soneja is the Technical Engineering Lead on the Google Analytics API team. He's a big fan of cricket – the game, that is. :)

Nick Mihailovski is a Senior Developer Programs Engineer working on the Google Analytics API. In his spare time he likes to travel around the world.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Experience Google I/O 2012 anywhere

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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By Robert Do and Dylin Martin, Google I/O TeamGet together locally: I/O ExtendedhereFind a location near you

Watch sessions live online: I/O Livedevelopers.google.com/iothe Google I/O sitethis blog+Google DevelopersRobert Do is an Associate Product Marketing Manager on the Developer Marketing Team. He works on helping developers find the tools they need on https://developers.google.com. He also produces hip hop music.Dylin Martin works with the Developer Marketing and Developer Relations Teams on Google I/O.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Fridaygram: Doodle competition, nasty prehistoric fleas, cupcake map

Friday, May 4, 2012

By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorGoogle Doodlesgoogle.comDoodle 4 Google50 state finalistsDoodles archive sitePseudopulex jurassicusPseudopulex magnusgiant insects 10 times the size of modern fleasa map of the world, made out of cupcakesEach week we publish Fridaygram, a post with cool Google and non-Google stuff you might have missed during the week. Fridaygram items aren’t necessarily related to developer topics; they’re just interesting to us nerds. Hat tip to Andres Ferrate and Mike Pegg for the link to the cupcake map. By the way, happy Star Wars Day, and May the 4th be with you.

Google Plugin for Eclipse now provides richer tooling for Cloud SQL and Google APIs

Friday, May 4, 2012

By Sriram Saroop, Product Manager

Tooling for using Java Persistence API (JPA) to access Cloud SQL

Importing the latest Google APIs into your GPE project

Tooling for using Java Persistence API (JPA) to access Cloud SQLObject-Relational Mapping (ORM)Eclipse Web Tools Platform

Importing the latest Google APIs into your GPE projectGoogle APIs Java client library

by following the instructions hereORM tooling for Cloud SQLlatest Google APIs for your App Engine projectsGPE groupSriram Saroop is the Product Manager for the Google Plugin for Eclipse and the Google Admin APIs. He has been a software engineer in his previous life and he is now working toward creating an awesome developer experience for Google products.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Using Google BigQuery to learn from GitHub data

Thursday, May 3, 2012

By Ilya Grigorik, Web Performance EngineerGitHub ArchiveGoogle BigQueryDremel

chart showing number of commits by language

moresign up for BigQuerygithubarchive.orgGitHub Data ChallengeIlya Grigorik is a Web Performance Engineer and Advocate at Google, an open-source evangelist, and an analytics geek. You can find him on GitHub under igrigorik, and blogging about web performance at igvita.com.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

Google BigQuery brings Big Data analytics to all businesses

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

By Ju-kay Kwek, Product Manager, BigQueryBigQueryannouncingClariticsCrystalloidsBigQueryUI or REST interfacesign uppricing plancontact a sales representativeuser forums+Google Enterprise pageJu-kay Kwek is the Product Management Lead for Google's Cloud Big Data initiative. In this role, he focuses on creating services that enable businesses and developers to harness Google's unparalleled data processing infrastructure and algorithms to tackle Big Data needs.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

SPDY performance on mobile networks

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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By Matt Welsh, Ben Greenstein, and Michael Piatek,
Mobile Web Performance Teamgreat deal of tractionmod_spdy moduleChrome for Androidmean page load time improvement of 23% across these sitesspeedup of 1.3x

the full articleMatt Welsh, Ben Greenstein, and Michael Piatek are software engineers on Google’s Mobile Web Performance Team based in Seattle. They are working to speed up mobile web performance globally, and as part of their jobs, they run up impressive mobile bandwidth bills every month.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor