github.com/spotify/syslog-redirector-golang@v0.0.0-20140320174030-4859f03d829a/blog/content/go-and-google-cloud-platform.article (about) 1 Go and the Google Cloud Platform 2 12 Jun 2013 3 4 Andrew Gerrand 5 6 * Introduction 7 8 In 2011 we announced the [[https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/go/overview][Go runtime for App Engine]]. Since then, we have continued to improve the Go App Engine experience, and generally improved Go support for the Google Cloud Platform. For instance, the [[http://code.google.com/p/google-api-go-client][google-api-go-client]] provides a Go interface to a range of Google's public APis, including Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Drive, and many more. 9 10 Learn more by watching these talks from Google I/O this year: 11 12 * High Performance Apps with Go on App Engine 13 14 _The_Go_runtime_for_App_Engine_is_a_high_performance_engine_for_ 15 _running_web_applications._It_produces_fast_responses,_ 16 _starts_instances_in_a_fraction_of_a_second,_makes_the_most_use_ 17 _of_instance_hours,_and_allows_your_app_to_do_serious_processing_ 18 _at_full_machine_speed._ 19 _Come_along_to_hear_how_to_fully_exploit_the_power_of_Go_on_App_ 20 _Engine_and_make_your_web_applications_the_best_they_can_be._ 21 22 .iframe http://www.youtube.com/embed/fc25ihfXhbg 309 549 23 24 * All the Ships in the World 25 26 Visualizing Data with Google Cloud and Maps 27 28 _Tens_of_thousands_of_ships_report_their_position_at_least_once_ 29 _every_5_minutes,_24_hours_a_day._ 30 _Visualizing_that_quantity_of_data_and_serving_it_out_to_large_ 31 _numbers_of_people_takes_lots_of_power_both_in_the_browser_and_on_the_server._ 32 _This_session_will_explore_the_use_of_Maps,_ 33 _App_Engine,_Go,_Compute_Engine,_BigQuery,_Cloud_Storage,_ 34 _and_WebGL_to_do_massive_data_visualization._ 35 36 .iframe http://www.youtube.com/embed/MT7cd4M9vzs 309 549