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| First name: | Cristian |
| Last name: | Brotto |
| Occupation: | Software Engineer |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthdate: | 05 June 1981 |
| Age: | 30 |
| City: | Cairate |
| State: | Varese |
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Posted about 1 year ago
by Cristian Brotto
by Cristian Brotto
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About Chrome Os And How It Is Gonna Make More Relevant The Role Of Web Engineers
Developing web applications is mistakenly thought as a less complex task than developing regular Operating System applications.
Usually professionals of web-applications are addressed as Web Developers, just recently the most qualified of them are recognized to be engineers and hence called Web Engineers (WE). This new definition reflects the level of complexity that the Web has reached over the last few years.
Today being a WE can be one of the most challenging task of IT. The knowledge it requires is very broad, you need to be familiar with: databases, application servers, development frameworks, programming languages, scripting languages, markup languages, usability concepts, web design, etc... and this is just for starting!
Like it wasn't enough, consider that all the above technologies are evolving or entirely changing extremely fast, which means that a big (extra) part of the job is to stay updated day by day.
It's obviously a big effort, nevertheless in my opinion all this struggle is well worth. Consider for instance that today most of what we use the web for aren't just web pages, they're applications, just like the ones installed on ours PCs or MACs. As examples think of Gmail, Google Docs, Picnick, lastFm, gTalk, PhotoshopOnline (check this one out, it is very very good), etc... and you'll realize that the web is to some extent an alternative to standard operating system applications. It's my opinion that the web will likely become a complete alternative to classic OS sooner than you may expect.
As a proof of my claim I want to show you how it is possible to get an Operating System out of your browser.
The videos that follow are about Google Chrome OS, an open source, browser-based operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web.
See Google OS live in action... it boots Really FAST!
The Web has still more business opportunities than you may think of, so in last analysis my advice is: Be Ready! Now you may be wondering when is this revolution gonna happen, well good news, the future is right now!
Google Chrome OS will be ready by the second half of 2010, and should debut first on netbooks. If you want more details check the Cromium OS website (Chromium is the codename for Chrome OS in it's open-source/beta version)
BTW, if you were wondering if Chrome OS supports tablet too here you'll find the answer... yep, future looks good ^_^
Usually professionals of web-applications are addressed as Web Developers, just recently the most qualified of them are recognized to be engineers and hence called Web Engineers (WE). This new definition reflects the level of complexity that the Web has reached over the last few years.
Today being a WE can be one of the most challenging task of IT. The knowledge it requires is very broad, you need to be familiar with: databases, application servers, development frameworks, programming languages, scripting languages, markup languages, usability concepts, web design, etc... and this is just for starting!
Like it wasn't enough, consider that all the above technologies are evolving or entirely changing extremely fast, which means that a big (extra) part of the job is to stay updated day by day.
It's obviously a big effort, nevertheless in my opinion all this struggle is well worth. Consider for instance that today most of what we use the web for aren't just web pages, they're applications, just like the ones installed on ours PCs or MACs. As examples think of Gmail, Google Docs, Picnick, lastFm, gTalk, PhotoshopOnline (check this one out, it is very very good), etc... and you'll realize that the web is to some extent an alternative to standard operating system applications. It's my opinion that the web will likely become a complete alternative to classic OS sooner than you may expect.
As a proof of my claim I want to show you how it is possible to get an Operating System out of your browser.
The videos that follow are about Google Chrome OS, an open source, browser-based operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web.
See Google OS live in action... it boots Really FAST!
The Web has still more business opportunities than you may think of, so in last analysis my advice is: Be Ready! Now you may be wondering when is this revolution gonna happen, well good news, the future is right now!
Google Chrome OS will be ready by the second half of 2010, and should debut first on netbooks. If you want more details check the Cromium OS website (Chromium is the codename for Chrome OS in it's open-source/beta version)
BTW, if you were wondering if Chrome OS supports tablet too here you'll find the answer... yep, future looks good ^_^
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Evoluzione Interessante
Posted about 1 year ago
by giuseppe marcon
Bello. Evoluzione interessante soprattutto per net-book e simili. Certo il core è Linux e da tempo si prova a spostare dati e applicazioni sul web (senza poi tanto successo fra l'altro), non poi così nuovo insomma. Però io personalmente non rinuncerei mai ad avere un PC vero, per migrare ad uno stateless dipendente in tutto dalla rete. Meglio poter scegliere anche se costa 45 sec. Penso che i due filmati trattino i propri uditori un po' come degli stupidotti.
Ciao MG
Ciao MG
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In Reply To Giuseppe's Comment
Posted about 1 year ago
by Cristian Brotto
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Thank you for your comment Giuseppe, it points out some matters that are actually omitted in the article and that I feel need to be clarified.
First, the core of Google OS is Linux in the sense that it boots up the browser and mounts external disk drives or devices, but the applications and the filesystem are managed throughout the browser itself.
It's a mistake to think that there is no local persistence. For instance Firefox and Internet Explorer can use an extension called Gears that allows to navigate on compatible websites offline and synchronize when going back online (e.g. Gmail). Even more, the HTML5 standard supports already LocalStorage functionalities natively. This means that the latest HTML specification itself is built in a way that allows to access web applications functionalities either online or offline (as long the application is built with that idea in mind) and basically Gears after just few years is already a surpassed technology. As I was saying in my article web technologyies are evolving really fast.
About the video I think that the first one is just intentionally funny and the second is a normal feature showcase. Of course from the perspective of computer scientist like us you may feel insulted. Don't make it personal, the targets of those videos are clearly common people, which may not know what a browser is. And believe me I know many of them!
That said I think that for the vast majority of people a Chrome OS operating system + persistence can be not only enough but also a very welcome simplification. For professionals there will be still for a long time to go normal OSs. The interesting thing here are the new business opportunities that the technology allows.
Anyone else out there wants to share his opinion? I think that this is a really good topic for a debate!