Events
Chrome Dev Summit 2017
October 23-24 | San Francisco, USA
Connect with Chrome engineers and other leading developers for a two-day exploration of building beautiful and performant experiences on the web. Content will focus on how to ship fast and modern Progressive Web Apps, and on new and exciting features coming to the web platform.
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Firebase Dev Summit 2017
October 31 | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
An annual event to bring together the Firebase community and hear about the latest product releases. The day will be filled with deep-dive sessions, instructor-led codelabs, office hours, and an after party.
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Updates
Udacity Scholarship Challenge
Applications open until November 30
Apply to the Udacity Scholarship Challenge which includes project reviews, mentorship, community support, and the chance to qualify for a full Nanodegree scholarship in Android or Web development. There are 50,000 places available for beginner and intermediate developers based in the US.
Cloud Firestore Public Beta
Cloud Firestore is a NoSQL document database that simplifies storing, syncing, and querying data for your mobile and web apps at global scale. Its client libraries give you live synchronization and offline support, while its security features and integrations with the Firebase and Google Cloud platforms accelerate building truly serverless apps.
Google Assistant Updates
You can now build apps for the Google Assistant more easily and for more people. The new Google Assistant templates let you build an app by simply filling out a spreadsheet, and apps are now available to Google Assistant users in French, German, Japanese, and Korean, in addition to English. To further support your efforts in building great apps for the Google Assistant, we’ve also created a developer community program that offers a $200 monthly Google Cloud credit, a Google Assistant t-shirt when you publish your app, and more.
API.AI is now Dialogflow
Dialogflow, previously called API.AI, helps you build natural and rich conversational experiences powered by AI. Learn more about the new name and two new features that will further enhance your development process: in-line code editor and multi-lingual agents.