Google Opens Its Templating Technology
Posted by freesoftnews on Jul 25, 2008 in Google • No commentsGoogle is on a roll. Hot on the heels of releasing its internal Protocol Buffers data interchange format, it has open-sourced Google XML Pages (GXP). Though the project page reports this as version 0.2 beta, don’t be fooled: according to a presentation about the technology, this is the templating language behind AdWords, Blogger, Google Reader, Google Analytics, and other properties.
As it currently exists, the GXP technology is firmly tied to Java, although a C++ code generator is in the works (and the existing code is included in the open source download). Now, if you’re building web sites with Java backing, especially within the enterprise, the odds are pretty good that you’re currently using JSP. Given the number of tools and frameworks that support JSP, why should you consider switching?