Google launches code search for programmers to learn

Google launched a website named Google Code Search, enabling programmers to search for billions of lines of software.CodeTo find out how to write your own code.

This service, developed by Google Labs, will index publicly published code, most of which are openSource code. Tom, a product manager at Google, said the service included the code displayed on the webpage and the code stored in compressed format.

Google expects the software code search engine to be primarily used as a learning tool to help students and programmers learn more about programming, rather than being a tool to "plagiarize" other people's code. Tom said that most of the Code is open-source, so users can use them, but I don't think it's the main purpose of it. Maybe it will be used more to learn programming knowledge. For example, developers may need to write a function and search for similar examples on the web.

Google programmers have used this code search capability within the company. Tom said that because it is a Google Labs project, Google has no plans to use the service to make money through advertising. Tom said the search engine enables people to search for keywords and "rule expressions. For example, you can limit the search scope to JavaScript Functions, which will help you find more sample code.

Despite not selling programming tools, Google has been actively attracting programmers to rely on third-party programmers to enhance their services. For example, programmers have used Google Maps to develop a popular mashup application. Tom said more and more programmersCommunityIt is a "way" for Google products to go public. We believe that developers can improve Google products and use Google technologies to improve their own products.