How Google Builds Webservices

The slides from my talk at #WhiskyWeb on webservices and web APIs.

Transcript

1. How Google Builds
   Webservices
   Ian Barber
   Google+ Developer Advocate
   

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2. Why Webservices?
   

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3. GData
   

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4. GData
   http://blog.bolinfest.com/2011/05/gdata-i-cant-take-it-anymore.html
   

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5. Exposing Services
   Internal
   Developers
   API
   Consumers
   Service Users
   

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6. Cost vs Benefit
   £
   

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7. API for APIs
   https://developers.google.com/discovery
   

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8. API Console
   

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9. API Console
   

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10. Client Libraries
    

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11. Discovery Document
    {
    "kind": "discovery#directoryList",
    "discoveryVersion": "v1",
    "items": [
    {
    "kind": "discovery#directoryItem",
    "id": "adexchangebuyer:v1",
    "name": "adexchangebuyer",
    "version": "v1",
    "title": "Ad Exchange Buyer API",
    "description": "Lets you manage your Ad Exchange
    Buyer account.",
    "discoveryRestUrl": "https://www.googleapis.com/
    discovery/v1/apis/adexchangebuyer/v1/rest",
    "discoveryLink": "./apis/adexchangebuyer/v1/rest",
    "icons": {
    "x16": "http://www.google.com/images/icons/product/
    doubleclick-16.gif",
    "x32": "http://www.google.com/images/icons/product/
    

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12. Discovery Document
    {
    "kind": "discovery#restDescription",
    "etag": "\"GAuTQVafNcKYh_zGETwKTCexFGU/
    P_je81swXJmuAnwlTe1m4E4KDJ8\"",
    "discoveryVersion": "v1",
    "id": "plus:v1",
    "name": "plus",
    "version": "v1",
    "revision": "20130320",
    "title": "Google+ API",
    "description": "The Google+ API enables developers to
    build on top of the Google+ platform.",
    "icons": {
    "x16": "http://www.google.com/images/icons/product/
    gplus-16.png",
    "x32": "http://www.google.com/images/icons/product/
    gplus-32.png"
    },
    "documentationLink": "https://developers.google.com/+/
    

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13. Developer Experience
    Evaluate
    Explore
    Deploy
    

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14. Developer Experience
    Evaluate
    Explore
    Deploy
    API Explorer
    API Console
    Client
    Libraries
    

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15. £
    Building Services
    Audience Costs
    Benefits
    Resources Methods
    

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16. ianbarber@google.com
    http://google.com/+IanBarber
    http://twitter.com/ianbarber
    http://developers.google.com/
    http://github.com/ianbarber/WhiskyWeb-GAPI
    Thank You
    

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