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Google offers JavaScript programming tools
Webware.com —
... , a collection of prebuilt JavaScript code that lets programmers handle relatively sophisticated technology--arrays and string manipulation, for example. Last are Closure Templates , more prewritten code to ease creation of JavaScript and HTML user interfaces. In an earlier era, programming tools were expensive packages bought by a select few, but open-source software, new marketing strategies, and new business methods have made that approach the exception rather than the rule these days. Now programming tools are often a means to another end--encouraging programmers to ...
Google Open Sources Set Of Closure Tools It Uses To Build Its Own Apps
TechCrunch —
... for building web applications across browers. It helps to abstract browser differences and provides clean class and function interfaces for common tasks. Besides DOM interaction and UI tools, the library includes tools for arrays, objects, string manipulation and much more. The library also implements a namespacing and import standard, which helps keep scripts small and load fast when used with the Closure Compiler.
Finally, Google is releasing a new set of templates for Java and JavaScript:
Closure Templates simplify the task of ...
Make Your Apps Smooth Like Gmail: Google Open Sources UI Javascript Tools
ReadWriteWeb —
... as a web app and as an API. Google is also releasing a Firebug extension called Closure Inspector that will translate those compiled bits of code back into their original format.
The Closure Library is a collection of cross-browser, modular, "industrial strength" UI components from across the various Google properties. Rich text editor, DOM inspector, drag and drop ala Google Maps - you want it, you got it.
Also released are a number of high-efficiency Closure Templates.
Google's Amit Agarwal says that all of the above were originally ...
Google Releases Internal JavaScript Tools
TechWeb —
... is Google's version of a standard class library for JavaScript, the equivalent of STL in C++ or JDK in Java. It's intended for use with the Closure Compiler to allow programmers to focus on writing code rather than utilities or browser abstractions. Finally, the Closure Templates offer a set of precompiled JavaScript interface components. They're implemented in JavaScript and in Java for client-side and server-side use. In June, Google open sourced another Firefox extension that complements Firebug called Page Speed, a tool for analyzing JavaScript performance. Google ...
Google Releases Closure JavaScript Tools For Building Slick Interfaces
Webmonkey —
... , which optimizes and compresses the JavaScript code and the Closure Templates, which are pre-built templates for elements you can snap together to build your website’s interface. There’s also a JavaScript inspector. ...
Google open sources Closure Tools
D' Technology Weblog —
... Closure Templates have a simple syntax that’s natural for programmers. You can think of Closure Templates as small components that you compose to form your user interface, instead of having to create one big template per page. ...
Google Closure, JavaScript Tools & Library
Google Blogoscoped —
Google released a couple of internal tools of theirs into the open source world (must be make-people-happy week in Mountain View). One of them is the Closure Library for JavaScript; check the API reference for more. Another is called Closure Compiler, aiming to shrink and performance-optimize your JS and alert you to problems with it... there’s even an online app where you can paste your code into. The third in the bunch is called Closure Templates, and as Google explains in a overview blog post of theirs, you can think ...
Why Google released Closure Tools
Open Source —
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Anything Google can do to make Javascript more valuable to you is in its best interests, and the tools described on its blog today are pretty marvelous.
Closure Compiler is a Javascript optimizer that packs code tighter than your best friend’s jeans.
Closure Library is a Javascript library with low-level utilities and high-level widgets that work on a wide variety of browsers and can be called on as-needed.
Closure Templates are implemented for both Javascript and Java, so they can be called from clients ...
