Getting Started with Google Apps & Google APIs

Here’s a basic intro into what Google Apps Google APIs are (that I originally gave on July 29, 2010). I included a couple of examples on how I used both of them while I worked at the Office of Communications (http://med.uth.tmc.edu/comm/) to help build better websites.

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1. Getting Started with... Or as we like to call it in the office... ‘Welcome to The United States of Google.’ 8 &
2. Google Apps is a web-based hosted solution, which means you can access Google Apps at anytime, anywhere you have an Internet connection. You might hear this type of technology referred to as "software-as-a-service" or "cloud computing". Google Code is Google's site for developer tools, APIs and technical resources. The site contains documentation on using Google developer tools and APIs—including discussion groups and blogs for developers using Google's developer products. Google Apps & Google APIs Welcome to The United States of Google http://apps.google.com/ http://code.google.com/
3. Gmail Get custom email (w/ spam filters) like you@gmail.com. Google Calendar Organize your schedule and share events with friends. Google Sites Create websites and group wikis. Google Docs Share online documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. Google Video Secure video sharing – like your own private YouTube. Google Wave Helps teams build consensus on project work Google Apps What is it?
4. Premier Aimed at replacing Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes. Our Google Apps solution for businesses is a packaged product of Google's best messaging and collaboration applications, among which include Gmail™, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, and Google Video. Standard You may have had experience using many of these applications with your user@gmail.com account, and while these applications are similar, Google has enhanced them in Google Apps Premier Edition with critical differences including integration with your own domain name. Education, Government, and Non-Profit are also available. Google Apps What packages are there?
5. Google Apps: http://www.google.com/apps/ Google Apps for Higher Ed: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/university.html Google Apps Training: http://services.google.com/apps/resources/ overviews_breeze/Apps/ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Apps Google Apps Where do I find it?
6. Gmail Google Docs Google Calendar Google Reader Feedburner YouTube Google Apps How have we been using it? Gmail serves as a catch-all email client for any web-based services we use on a day-to-day basis. Spam-free, filterable, and free.
7. Gmail Google Docs Google Calendar Google Reader Feedburner YouTube Google Apps How have we been using it? Google Docs provides an easy way to share documents and collaborate with co- workers and clients, as well as implement forms on websites.
8. Gmail Google Docs Google Calendar Google Reader Feedburner YouTube Google Apps How have we been using it? Google Calendar allows our clients to manage their own event calendars without having to constantly edit their websites.
9. Gmail Google Docs Google Calendar Google Reader Feedburner YouTube Google Apps How have we been using it? Google Reader makes it easy to follow RSS feeds (including our own) and share content socially.
10. Gmail Google Docs Google Calendar Google Reader Feedburner YouTube Google Apps How have we been using it? Feedburner provides an easy way to parse RSS feeds, track performance, and allow users to receive your feeds via email.
11. Gmail Google Docs Google Calendar Google Reader Feedburner YouTube Google Apps How have we been using it? Share videos, embed them on websites, drive traffic.
12. Google's site for developer tools, APIs and technical resources. The site contains documentation on using Google developer tools and APIs—including discussion groups and blogs for developers using Google's developer products. There are APIs offered for almost all of Google's popular consumer products like Google Maps, YouTube, Google Apps and even Google Wave. Google APIs What is it?
13. Google offers a variety of APIs, mostly web APIs for web developers. The APIs are based on popular Google consumer products, including Google Maps, Google Earth, AdSense, Adwords, Google Apps and YouTube. Google Data APIs The Google Data APIs allow programmers to create applications that read and write data from Google services. Currently, these include APIs for Google Apps, Google Analytics, Blogger, Google Base, Google Book Search, Google Calendar, Google Code Search, Google Earth, Google Spreadsheets, Google Notebook, and Picasa Web Albums. AJAX APIs Google's AJAX APIs let a developer implement rich, dynamic web sites entirely in JavaScript and HTML. A developer can create a map to a site, a dynamic search box, or download feeds with just a few lines of JavaScript. Ads APIs The AdSense and AdWords APIs, based on the SOAP data exchange standard, allow developers to integrate their own applications with these Google services. The AdSense API allows owners of web sites and blogs to manage AdSense sign-up, content and reporting, while the AdWords API gives AdWords customers programmatic access to their AdWords accounts and campaigns. Google APIs What’s Included?
14. Google Code: http://code.google.com/ Google Code Playground: http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/playground/ Project Hosting on Google Code: http://code.google.com/hosting/ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_API Google Apps APIs Overview: http://code.google.com/googleapps/docs/#gs Google APIs Site Directory: http://code.google.com/more/ Google AJAX APIs: http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/ Google APIs Where do I find it?
15. Google Analytics Google Calendar Google Docs Google Fonts Google Libraries Google Maps Feedburner Picasa YouTube Google APIs How have we been using it? http://www.google.com/analytics/
16. Google Analytics Google Calendar Google Docs Google Fonts Google Libraries Google Maps Feedburner Picasa YouTube Google APIs How have we been using it? http://www.uth.tmc.edu/anes/
17. Google Analytics Google Calendar Google Docs Google Fonts Google Libraries Google Maps Feedburner Picasa YouTube Google APIs How have we been using it? http://med.uth.tmc.edu/comm/publications/
18. Google Analytics Google Calendar Google Docs Google Fonts Google Libraries Google Maps Feedburner Picasa YouTube Google APIs How have we been using it? http://code.google.com/webfonts/ new + awesome 8
19. Google Analytics Google Calendar Google Docs Google Fonts Google Libraries Google Maps Feedburner Picasa YouTube Google APIs How have we been using it? http://code.google.com/apis/libraries/
20. Google Analytics Google Calendar Google Docs Google Fonts Google Libraries Google Maps Feedburner Picasa YouTube Google APIs How have we been using it? http://www.utphysicians.com/clinics
21. Google Analytics Google Calendar Google Docs Google Fonts Google Libraries Google Maps Feedburner Picasa YouTube Google APIs How have we been using it? http://med.uth.tmc.edu/news/ For RSS feeds 8
22. Google Analytics Google Calendar Google Docs Google Fonts Google Libraries Google Maps Feedburner Picasa YouTube Google APIs How have we been using it? http://picasa.google.com/
23. Google Analytics Google Calendar Google Docs Google Fonts Google Libraries Google Maps Feedburner Picasa YouTube Google APIs How have we been using it? http://med.uth.tmc.edu/
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