By Mike
Marchak, Google Developer TeamBefore looking back on this
past year, we'd like to thank the developer community for your involvement and enthusiasm in
2008. Without you none of our accomplishments would've been possible and coming to work would
not have been nearly as rewarding or exciting.
In 2008 the developer team at Google made it significantly easier for developers to build
increasingly sophisticated web apps. Looking back, some of the most notable events from the
last year include the
App
Engine launch,
GWT 1.5
launch,
Chrome
launch,
AJAX
Language API launch,
AJAX
Libraries API launch and the
broad
adoption of OpenSocial.
We also worked hard to make it
simple to integrate and extend Google applications through the launch of the
You
Tube API,
Visualization
API,
Maps
for Flash API,
Finance
API and
Custom
Search API.
We were also really happy to participate in the
Open Handset Alliance where we
saw the announcement of the
Android
Developer Challenge winners, the
Android
1.0 SDK launch, and the first app downloads in the
Android
Market.
Our favorite part of 2008, however, was interacting
with you at
Google
I/O and at
Developer
Days. These events allowed us to meet inspirational developers in 15 countries
around the world who are building fantastic applications.
In 2009, we
look forward to building products to make the web better and that let you, the developer
community, build better apps on the web. We are already excited about seeing you at events
next year.
Happy Holidays from the Google Developer
Team.
