seo Google Developer Podcast Episode Three: Mike Tsao on Google Gears 2013

on Friday, June 07, 2013 | 0 Comment

Seo Master present to you: By Dion Almaer, Google Developer Programs

We have published the third episode of the Google Developer Podcast, which delves into the world of offline applications, which is a hot topic right now. Let's get right to it.

Interview with Mike Tsao of the Google Gears team

We had the pleasure of interviewing Mike Tsao of the Google Gears team just before the Google Gears announcement went public.

It is a really fun chat, and lets us get into the mind of the Google Gears team a little.

In this interview you will learn:

What Google Gears is at a high level
How Google Gears came about
The parts and pieces of Google Gears
Information on the Datastore component (SQLite)
Information on the ResourceStore and ManagedResourceStore components
How the APIs look, and what should I be thinking about as I make my application offline
How to handle versioning with Google Gears applications
How the WorkerPool came about, and why we need to run JavaScript jobs in another thread
The code contributions made back to the SQLite codebase (e.g. MATCH() added)
The pain of finding the 90% case for syncing
Thoughts on how the client is getting smarter
How GWT supports Gears
How Google Reader is using Gears
How the UI fits in with offline behaviour
The open source vision for Gears
How other web platforms can access Gears
Future ideas for Google Gears