Questions tagged [google]
Google is an American multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, software and advertising technologies.
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What does Google or Microsoft get by hosting JS files on their Content Delivery Networks (CDN)?
As you know Google, Microsoft and jQuery.com offer JS files on their CDN. To do this, they must need to operate significant servers which must come at a cost to them. Why do they do this and what do ...
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What Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) methodology or methodologies are used by Google?
Does anyone know or have information about which Software Development Life Cycle methodologies are used by Google?
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Career path for software QA / Test engineer [closed]
I have been working as a software QA analyst for 6 years. I will be finishing a Masters degree in computer science this year. I’m just not sure how to advance my career after my graduation.
I like ...
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Terms of Service responsibility when developing a library service that wraps a 3d party API
For my own amusement and instruction I've been developing a C# / .NET library that is basically a wrapper around the Google Geocoding API. It simplifies the entire process and enables users to perform ...
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How to test a code online? [closed]
I am preparing for technical interview and would like to brush my coding skills.
I have written a C++ program and would like to test it online. I don't have access to any linux compiler on my machine. ...
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Is Google's Go a type-safe language?
this page http://golang.org/doc/go_faq.html writes:
although Go has static types the
language attempts to make types feel
lighter weight than in typical OO
languages
So my question is ...
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Oracle owns Java but Google is using Java?
Ok, I don't get it. What does "Oracle owns Java" mean?
Google is definitely using Java in Google App Engine, does that mean that Google have to pay Oracle for doing so?
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How productive is an excellent developer compared to an average one? [duplicate]
I believe that I read somewhere that Google has a rule of thumb that an excellent developer is around 300 times more productive than an average one. Does anyone have any rules of thumb used by large ...
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Could Go work with other user interfaces than Web?
Go seems to be made for doing server side stuff for the web. What could I do if my boss suddenly dictated that he wants a Windows GUI for a Go application?
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How much is Google investing in the Go language? [closed]
I have read quite a bit about the Go language, and it seems promising. The last important bit of information I am missing before I decide on spending more effort on the language is: How much money/man ...
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Why is Google blocking users from accessing their local file system in Chromium? [closed]
The question is based on this issue in Chromium. It is marked as Won't Fix.
Do you see any reason to block a local html file from accessing another local html file located in the same folder?
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Apache Wave API
I'd like to create an application based around Apache Wave. Where can I learn more about working with Apache Wave and/or the API for a locally running instance?
At the moment, the extent of what I ...
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What is the datastore used by Google for Google Instant?
My understanding is that Google is not using MapReduce for Google Instant, but I can't find anywhere that states what they're using as the datastore for Google Instant. What is the datastore used by ...
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Google Chrome Extension Development for Dummies? [closed]
I want to get started writing extensions for Google Chrome. I am a long time C, C++, Delphi, etc. developer for many years with some Java skills. I believe Chrome extensions are written in C++ but ...
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Is Google's Friend Connect tool defunct?
Looking at the Friend Connect sites, documentation, example, I've noticed that:
there haven't been updates in a long time
many of the sites used as example sites are dead or abandoned
the community (...
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