This session will serve as an overview of Google’s AJAX APIs and describes how to create cool hacks and fun mashups with several of Google's hottest AJAX APIs, including Google Maps, AJAX Search/Feed, Google Web Toolkit, as well as Google Gadgets. Special attention will also be given to Google’s newest APIs, including Google Gears and Mapplets.

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Speaker Bio: Chris Schalk is a Tech Lead in the Developer API Evangelism group at Google. He is also one of the original members of the OpenAjax Alliance. Prior to Google, Schalk was a Principal Product Manager and Java Evangelist for Oracle's application server and development tools division. While at Oracle, he worked to define the overall Web development experience for Oracle JDeveloper and ADF Faces (Trinidad). He is also the co-author of JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference published through McGraw-Hill Osborne (ISBN: 0072262400) and maintains a popular Blog on J2EE Web development at www.jroller.com/page/cschalk.