Google is taking over the world one application at a time. What you might not know, is how significant their contribution is to open source.
Google has released well over 15 million lines of code and over 500 projects. Click here to see for yourself. This makes them the largest open source-based company on the planet.
The Open Source Programs Office at Google is tasked with maintaining a healthy relationship with the open source software development community. They do this by releasing Google-created code, providing vital infrastructure and by creating new open source software developers through programs like the Google Summer of Code.
Google Project Hosting powers Project Hosting on Google Code and Eclipse Labs.
It provides a fast, reliable, and easy open source hosting service with the following features:- Instant project creation on any topic
- Subversion and Mercurial code hosting with 2 gigabyte of storage space and download hosting support with 2 gigabytes of storage space
- Integrated source code browsing and code review tools to make it easy to view code, review contributions, and maintain a high quality code base
- An issue tracker and project wiki that are simple, yet flexible and powerful, and can adapt to any development process
- Starring and update streams that make it easy to keep track of projects and developers that you care about
If you would like to add to any open source projects on Google, simply search Google Code or Eclipse Lab for projects and then make your contribution.
What is the Google Summer of Code?
It is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together nearly 2500 successful student participants and 2500 mentors from 98 countries worldwide, all for the love of code.
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2 comments:
Information on code never gets boring does it?! great post.
Is there any code specifically that you would suggest that you have experimented with?
Been wondering about how to 'sparkle' up my blog a bit?
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Also do you know if there is a list of most popular OS codes provided by Google? Maybe you can give me the URL?
looking forward to more posts on code :)
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