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Google Rolls Out New Javascript Developer Playspace
By Darryl K. Taft

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Google has introduced a new test-and-experiment platform for Javascript developers. The new AJAX API Playground is one way for Google to show JavaScript samples to application developers. The Google AJAX API Playground is built on Google App Engine and is open-sourced under an Apache 2.0 license.

Google has introduced a new way for developers to kick the tires on its JavaScript APIs: the Google AJAX API Playground.

In a Jan. 21 blog post about the Google AJAX API Playground, Google Developer Programs Engineer Ben Lisbakken said, "I have been working on this in my 20% time and today I am proud to announce that we are launching the AJAX API Playground as the official way that Google will show JavaScript samples!" Google gives its developers 20 percent of their time free to pursue projects other than those they do for work.

Explaining his impetus for creating the Playground, Lisbakken said:

For me, documentation isn't always enough to learn about APIs; I need examples that I can play with. That's why I started a fun project recently—a tool for teaching developers how to use Google's JavaScript APIs: the AJAXAPI Playground.
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