The Developer Sandbox was a new addition to this
year's Google
I/O. The Sandbox featured a diverse range of developers and apps, all with one thing
in common -- they've all built applications based on technologies and products featured at
I/O. The Sandbox was very popular with attendees and saw a lot of foot traffic throughout both
days of the event. Sandbox developers welcomed the opportunity to interact with fellow
developers, discuss their products and answer questions.
We interviewed these developers about their apps, the challenges they faced and the
problems they solved, and finally their learnings & hopes for web technologies going
forward. We also asked these developers to create screencast demos of their apps, much like
the demos they gave to people visiting their station during I/O.
These
video interviews and demos are now available in the Developer Sandbox
section of the I/O website. Each developer has their own page with a brief description
of their company, their app, and their interview video (if one was filmed) and screencast demo
video (if available). For instance, here's a video interview with Gustav Soderstrom of
Spotify, who walks us through a demo of their Android app and then talks about the platform
and why Spotify chose to develop their app on Android.
Are you
building an app on one of Google's platforms or using Google APIs? Please send us a video
about your company and your app and you could be featured on Google Code Videos. Click
here for the submission form and guidelines.
Each Sandbox
developer page also features a Friend Connect gadget
that allows anyone visiting the page to sign in with their Friend Connect id and leave
comments & feedback. It's a great way to continue the conversation or to ask questions
if you did not get a chance to meet them at I/O.
