NOW GOOGLE JAVASCRIPT TOOLS ARE OPENSOURCED!

Google has recently announced its decision to open source its java script infrastructure behind its web apps like Gmail, Google Docs etc. The decision came in the wake of Google’s genuine attempt to make building of web applications easier. For the uninitiated, it is good to know that Google Maps, Google Docs and Gmail are Java-script intensive applications from the stable of Google.

The closure Java widgetry includes a compiler, server-agnostic library, cross-browser and a host of pre-compiled templates. Developers can adopt a command-line approach to the compiler or pass through a web application that Google has offered that allows code to be compiled through a text box or a RESTful API. Google is also providing a Firefox extension that displays various performance enhancements. The JavaScript optimizer outlined as the “Closure Compiler” compiles web apps into high performance, compact JavaScript code. As it checks, syntax, eliminates dead code, warns about JavaScript shortcomings, then rewrites them and minimizes the rest, so it would run real fast on browser JavaScript engines.

It is not difficult to unravel the strategy behind such opensourcing moves by Google: Microsoft would surely be miffed by the surge in web apps!