The Developer Show — TL;DR 085

The Developer Show is where you can stay up to date on all the latest Google Developer news, straight from the experts.

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TL;DR 085 — October 20th, 2017

Android Instant Apps SDK 1.1

The Android Instant Apps SDK 1.1 is now available with some highly-requested features such as improved NDK support, configuration APKs for binary size reduction, and a new API to maintain the user’s context when they transition from an instant app to the installed app. More details and links to get started are on the post.

Firebase Test Lab Update

There are new features in Firebase Test Lab for Android including Robo test improvements, Faster test results, and Support for Android Test Orchestrator. More details and links are on the post.

Introducing Dialogflow

API.AI is now known as Dialogflow, and is still your end-to-end platform for building great conversational experiences. Recent launches include an in-line code editor and multi-lingual agent support.

TensorFlow Lattice

We recently released TensorFlow Lattice, a set of prebuilt TensorFlow Estimators that are easy to use, and TensorFlow operators to build your own lattice models. There’s a lot of details here, so I’ll recommend you just head straight over to the post for a detailed explanation with a video and graphs.

Ruby apps with Stackdriver

We recently released beta gems for Stackdriver, our monitoring, logging and diagnostics suite. Now you can use Stackdriver in your Ruby projects wherever they happen to be. The GitHub link is on the post.

App Engine firewall

The App Engine firewall lets you control access to your App Engine app through a set of rules, and is now generally available and ready to secure access to your production applications. More details and screenshots are on the post.

The new AdWords experience

When we first announced the rollout of the new AdWords experience back in March of 2016, our goal was to introduce a faster and more intuitive AdWords that’s focused on helping you reach your business goals. This new AdWords experience is now available to all advertisers. Getting started information is on the post.

Grow with Google scholarships

We’re excited to announce that we’re offering a 50,000 Udacity Scholarship Challenge in the United States through the Grow with Google initiative! To apply for a scholarship, head on over to the post.



The Developer Show — TL;DR 084

The Developer Show is where you can stay up to date on all the latest Google Developer news, straight from the experts.

Have a question? Use #AskDevShow to let us know!

TL;DR 084 — October 13, 2017

Apps for the Google Assistant

Actions on Google is coming to new devices and new languages, and getting better for building and sharing apps with templates and transactions. Check out all the details and links on the post.

Google Assistant on Android TV

Also, the Google Assistant is now available on Android TV, and although there are no new APIs needed to integrate with it, you should follow the pattern that it expects from your app. This post has all the details including code.

Introducing Cloud Firestore

We recently launched Cloud Firestore, a fully-managed NoSQL document database for mobile and web app development. It’s designed to easily store and sync app data at global scale, and it’s now available in beta. Take a look at the post for an introduction video and highlights.

Managing Google Cloud Platform with Chef

Chef is a continuous automation platform powered by an awesome community. We recently released and open sourced a set of comprehensive cookbooks for Chef users to manage Google Cloud Platform resources. Together, Chef and Google Cloud Platform enable you to drive continuous automation across infrastructure, compliance, and applications.

PHP 7.1 for Google App Engine now GA

PHP 7.1 is now generally available on Google App Engine in the flexible environment. Check out the post for how to deploy PHP applications on App Engine, how to use the extension enabler, stackdriver logging, and more.

Nested virtualization for Google Compute Engine

Google Compute Engine now supports nested virtualization in beta. This allows you to run one or more virtual machines inside a Compute Engine Linux virtual machine — VMs inside of VMs.

Java 8 on App Engine standard environment now GA

Java 8 on App Engine standard environment is now generally available and is covered by the App Engine Service Level Agreement.

Introducing Abseil, a new common libraries project

Abseil is an open-source collection of C++ library code designed to augment the C++ standard library. These libraries are the nuts-and-bolts that underpin almost everything that Google runs and have been extensively tested and used in production. The GitHub link is on the post.



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