Well, Google is taking the bull by the horns!

Google has just announced that it is open-sourcing a set of tools its own developers use to build some of the company’s most well known products, including Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Maps.

Closure Tools includes:

• Compiler: http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/
• optimize their JavaScript code
• Google is also releasing the Compiler as a web app and a RESTful API.
• Inspector: http://code.google.com/closure/compiler/docs/inspector.html
• a plugin for Firebug
• Library: http://code.google.com/closure/library/
• Demos/Samples :http://closure-library.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/closure/goog/docs/index.html
• The Closure Library is a broad, well-tested, modular, and cross-browser JavaScript library.
• Tutorial: http://code.google.com/closure/library/docs/tutorial.html
• Templates: http://code.google.com/closure/templates/
• Closure Templates are a client- and server-side templating system that helps you dynamically build reusable HTML and UI elements.

This is quite significant.  Google is on a roll here, Chrome 4.0 beta came out – lightning fast browser, built with an optimized javascript engine.  Talk about Google OS, Google Wave, Google Apps, then we have Android, etc… they have the ball rolling and in their court.

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