Our Google Developers 2014 "best of list" for your holiday binge watching

Looking for ways to pass time time in between family meals and shopping? We have just the thing! Here's our top fifteen (of fifteen!) Google Developer series from 2014. And now, in no particular order:

Polycasts: Join Rob Dodson as he explores the ins and outs of Polymer, a new library that's pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the browser. Learn about the basic building blocks that make up a Polymer application, and see how to compose those elements into buttery smooth mobile experiences. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsII5c3Mgw6fNYCzaWrsM3sMN)

HTTP203: A show with +PaulIrish and +JakeArchibald all about web development (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsII_38oWcnQzXs9K9HKBMg-e)

Web Components: a series of videos from +Eiji focused on a set of technologies that changes the way you develop web apps entirely. By making components scoped and reusable in standardized way, your web development will step up to the next level. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJkA_W95NDrjdkk3dR6Jq4w)

Root Access: the show on Google Developers Live about startups, for startups, hosted by +MartinOmander (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsILjw2c4ImxWXvi4vPrLCjYv)

How I: A practical series for all of you startups out there to highlight all of the actionable things you can do to accelerate your business using technology
(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIIxexEszFQujHy38pG4pIk0)

Game On!: A DevBytes series just for you game developers. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIKxwLEpFSWvCgdfEYlBQijk)

The Launchpad Online: A series for startups, hobbyists, and enterprise who want to integrate Google technologies into the web and mobile apps they're building for their users and customers. In each episode, +WesChun introduces how to use a specific Google API, developer tool, or API feature. (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsILOIxBRPPhgYbuSslr50KVq)

Compressor Head: Colt McAnlis breaks down software compression into three easily digestible episodes in this highly entertaining mini-series. 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJGErt5rrCqaSGTMyyqNt2H

Android Wear: Catch up on all of the latest developments in Android Wear.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIIUo31YBwgabebMn2Xb75qq

Android Auto: Android is coming to your car! Learn all about Android Auto and how to easily ensure that your app is ready. 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJthvMzPc1ABsPzm3ii2Vm9

Coffee with a Googler: Get personal with Google Employees as +Laurence Moroney explores the inner workings of the Google-Plex and all of it’s wonderful people.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJP13VD_Cg8qS5g2bKWTaYx

Google Play Services: Keep up to date with all of amazing new features in Google Play Services, the foundation of all the amazing things available in apps like Google Play, Gmail, Google Fit and more. 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsILXKTDNlQVnsgQlqRsGf1_e

I/O Bytes: Just as good as being at Google I/O, this series of short videos connects you directly with all of the insightful content from Google employees all around the world. 
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIIwGK7v7jg3gQvIAWJzdat_

Women Techmakers: A great series highlighting the impact, accomplishments, and contributions of Women in Technology
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIK4_J9_QsihVB18ecHKvnyb

Design Bytes: For the latest info on Google’s ambitious Material design, and how to bring it to your web or mobile app.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJFcNKpAV9B_aQmz2h68fw_

Technology’s Role in Creating a Better Government - Presented by Women Techmakers

Coder and activist +Jennifer Pahlka believes that apps can be a powerful new way to connect citizens to their governments. Google's +Stephanie Hannon chats about the future of +Code for America and how to get involved.

#WomenTechmakers

Ho ho ho! 2014 has been a great year for the web, and +Paul Lewis and +Jake Archibald thought a roundup would be just the ticket for finishing the year in festive style!

#HTTP203  

Holiday season potpourri from the Launchpad Online!
Happy Holidays to developers from Google engineer +wesley chun and the Launchpad Online (http://goo.gl/kFMUa6) developer video series! In the most recent episode (http://goo.gl/a6i9ci), we showed you how to list the files on your Google Drive after learning the boilerplate authorization code necessary to work with Google APIs. In the three new episodes we’re announcing today, let’s temporarily put aside raw API access to look at a variety of other Google developer tools. We start with this introduction (http://goo.gl/1sXeuD) to Google Apps Script, our cloud-based JavaScript environment that gives you access to Google Apps data as well as other Google services.

The next episode (http://goo.gl/GuH3L4) shows how you can enhance your customers’ experience by simply adding markup to the email messages you’re already sending them. The third episode (http://goo.gl/j553Wf) inspires you to create the next killer app and change the world starting with just 10 lines of code leveraging Google App Engine and #Python. Enjoy the holidays, and we look forward to helping get up-to-speed on many other Google APIs and developer tools in 2015!  #launchpadonline

Season’s greeting and happy holidays from everyone here at #Polycasts !  +Rob Dodson's got highlights from the Chrome Dev Summit and wants to know what YOU want to see in season 2.

The shutdown date for a number of our older Google Data APIs is coming, so it's time to migrate to the newer ones.

Check out the survey from last week’s episode of #Polycasts from +Rob Dodson  to let us know what you’d like to see in Season 2. Happy holidays! 

http://goo.gl/forms/0fVbjfgs0Q

First series of #Route85  now live: OpenInChrome on iOS

In the first series of screencast videos for Route 85, +Todd Kerpelman shows you how you can create an app that opens a web link in Chrome on iOS, add a back button in Chrome that points back to your application, and explains all about custom URL schemes and the x-callback-url standard. Give it a look, why don'cha?

How I: Paper prototype with Android Studio

Cheaper. Faster. More scissors. In today's episode of How I:, the +Novoda team of +Dave at Novoda and +David González merge old and new schools by using paper prototyping to rapidly create clickable apps and get fast feedback from clients. 

http://goo.gl/UYjtqy

_How I: is a video series where entrepreneurs share their tips, hacks, and lessons learned. David González is an Android Google Developer Expert. Learn about the program at https://developers.google.com/experts/._ 

#StartupLaunch  

This year people searched for everything under the sun and beyond, from distant comets to tiny burritos. And they asked Google important questions like “where do we come from?” and “should I get married?”

That’s why today we’re launching our annual #YearinSearch, a look back at the searches, questions and moments that defined 2014. 

Watch the film, explore the site and relive the year along the way. g.co/2014  http://goo.gl/kKOek4

So it looks like +Todd Kerpelman is working on a series of videos for iOS developers. But it's okay. You can still watch it on a Nexus 6.

#route85   #iOSdev