In keeping with the longstanding SYS-CON tradition of being at the very forefront of software development with all its online and offline resources, SYS-CON Media & Events jointly today announced a double whammy, launching both 'Open Web Developer's Journal' (http://openweb.sys-con.com) and 'Open Web Developer Summit' (http://openweb.sys-con.com)  – to be held for the first time in New York City April 21-22, 2008.
 
Open Web  Developer Summit
The inaugural Open Web Developer Summit (April 21-22, 2008) – devoted to Google APIs, open source and all things code, from Android to the YouTube Data API – is designed to help developers with learning how best to leverage the engineering muscle of Google in their own code, on their own web sites, and in their own businesses.

At the 2-day Summit, delegates will hear from leading developers and industry experts about the impact Google's multifaceted initiatives are having on the world of Internet technologies today and on what the future is likely to bring from Google tomorrow. Technical sessions will explore a world of web development and application-building opportunities.

In the Summit, sessions will feature topics like Google Gears, Google Mashup Editor, and Google Gadgets. They will include OpenSocial, the set of common APIs for building social applications across many websites, and GWT (used for building AJAX apps in Java). Speakers will also be looking at Android, the software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications.

Past Googlers who have spoken at SYS-CON conferences include:

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* now an ex-Googler

Open Web Developer’s Journal joins SYS-CON’s existing stable of innovative online resource centers, which include .NET Developer's Journal (http://dotnet.sys-con.com), AJAXWorld Magazine (http://ajax.sys-con.com), Apache Developer's Journal (http://apache.sys-con.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (http://coldfusion.sys-con.com), CRM Developer's Journal (http://crm.sys-con.com), Eclipse Developer's Journal (http://eclipse.sys-con.com), Enterprise Open Source Magazine (http://opensource.sys-con.com), Flex Developer's Journal (http://flex.sys-con.com), HP Developer's Journal (http://hp.sys-con.com), Internet Video (http://internetvideo.sys-con.com), iPhone Developer's Journal (http://iphone.sys-con.com), Java Developer's Journal (http://javadevelopersjournal.com), Linux.SYS-CON.com (http://linux.sys-con.com), Oracle Developer's Journal (http://oracle.sys-con.com), Perl Developer's Journal (http://perl.sys-con.com), PHP Developer's Journal (http://php.sys-con.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (http://pbdj.sys-con.com), Python Developer's Journal (http://perl.sys-con.com), RedHat.SYS-CON.com (http://redhat.sys-con.com), Ruby Developer's Journal (http://ruby.sys-con.com), SaaS Developer's Journal (http://saas.sys-con.com), SAP Developer's Journal (http://sap.sys-con.com), Search Engine Journal (http://search.sys-con.com), Silverlight Developer's Journal (http://silverlight.sys-con.com), SOA World Magazine (http://soa.sys-con.com), Symbian Developer's Journal (http://symbian.sys-con.com), Virtualization Journal (http://virtualization.sys-con.com), Web 2.0 Journal (http://web2journal.com), WebLogic Developer's Journal (http://weblogic.sys-con.com), WebSphere Journal (http://websphere.sys-con.com), Wireless Business & Technology (http://wireless.sys-con.com), XML Journal (http://xml.sys-con.com).

Marty Alchin 12/08/07 07:32:19 AM EST

What they've done so far is open up part of their API to the public, while keeping more of it for themselves. I expect it's only a matter of time before they start opening up the rest to paying customers, who will get their own secret key, linked to a site's domain, which can be retrieved through the HTTP Referer header. The signature would act much like an API key does today, except that by combining a secret with a product of the chart's arguments, the signature will vary for each individual chart, and Google can trust that the person who generated it is a genuine customer, and that it hasn't been modified along the way. It would no longer be possible to simply copy an API key and fake an IP and Referrer value, it would still require something extra, which only Google and its customer would know.