Firebase Demo Day, a special guest spotlight, and more! - Google Developer News November 2024

11/28/24 •

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The November 2024 Google Developer News highlights Firebase Demo Day, showcasing AI integration into apps, the Open Health Stack team's work on secure healthcare applications, and a spotlight on setting up Go in IDX. Additionally, the video covers various developer events like DevFests and Hackathons focusing on AI, including Women Techmakers' She Builds AI, Chrome's Built-in AI Challenge, and Google Cloud's AI for Impact Hackathon in APAC. The video concludes by announcing the winners of the Gemini API developer competition and invites viewers to share their favorite or most frustrating developer scenes in movies.

Firebase Demo Day

• 00:00:35 Firebase Demo Day, a virtual event, focused on integrating new AI features from Google I/O into existing applications. It guided developers through three phases: prototyping, implementation, and operations, providing an inside look at how a team added AI to their live application and found the right AI use cases to engage users.

Open Health Stack

• 00:01:27 The Open Health Stack team is developing tools for building secure, offline-capable healthcare apps, especially for low-resource areas. At its core is the Android FHIR SDK, an open standard for data sharing in healthcare, along with libraries like SDC for data collection and workflow for clinical support, revolutionizing healthcare app creation and care pathways.

Go in IDX

• 00:02:31 A tutorial on setting up Go in IDX, a browser-based development environment with AI assistance, is presented by Nooras Saba, an engineering manager for Go tools. The tutorial covers creating a Go development environment in IDX, building a basic server application, and using the IDX preview feature to test the server without leaving the development environment.

DevFests & Hackathons

• 00:09:44 DevFest Silicon Valley and DevFest San Francisco provided opportunities for developers to connect, share ideas, and learn. The video also highlights several Hackathons, including Women Techmakers' She Builds AI, Chrome's Built-in AI Challenge, and Google Cloud's AI for Impact Hackathon in the APAC region, emphasizing their focus on AI development and social impact.

Gemini API Competition

• 00:12:54 The Gemini API developer competition winners were announced, showcasing a diverse range of projects leveraging Gemini's capabilities. Winning projects ranged from assisting low vision users with video content to enhancing travel planning, highlighting the innovation and creativity of developers using Gemini API.