Google Developer Podcast: Code Review: OAuth, Indexing Flash, Protocol Buffers, Selenium Ice, and more

By Dion Almaer, Google Developer Programs

We are trying an experiment, putting up Code Review in a variety of formats, from text to audio (iTunes) and video.



After a great trip to Brazil and Mexico for the Google Developer Day events (Europe in September and October) I am back at it.

There has been some great news in the last week or so, shall we take a peak?

The GData team announced OAuth support around the horn. OAuth is:

An open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.And, now you can use the standard to access Google services. This is great, as you can write your applications to the one standard, and have it work across various back-ends.
improved Flash indexing
There were some good open source releases too:
discussedrelease of Protocol Buffers
We also open sourced the Browser Sync code to see if a community wants to come together to continue to support it.

Firstly, the Selenium team produced Selenium Ice a great new way to drive Internet Explorer as you test your Web applications.
Google Testing library for C++
The GData teams have also come up with a couple more releases to go along with the big OAuth announcement.

CalVis
If you are building rich mashups and happen to access multiple Google services, we have tried to make the UI cleaner for your users. You can now add multiple scopes for both AuthSub and OAuth.
scope

https://www.google.com/accounts/AuthSubRequest?
       next=http://localhost/authsub
       &scope=http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds%20
              http://picasaweb.google.com/data
       &secure=1
       &session=1

flex-ed his muscles
Yesterday was a very Web "3D" day. We released Lively a 3D virtual experience that is the newest addition to Google Labs. It lets you create an avatar and rooms to hang out in. I also saw that Vivaty launched, and some are talking about how virtual worlds are hot in the Valley.
released Google talk for iPhone
As always, thanks for reading, listening, or watching, and let us know if there is anything that you would like to see.