Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Google launching code search app

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Oct 5, 20061 min

Google on Thursday is launching Google Code Search, which enables developers to search publicly available source code. The application searches repositories such as Subversion and CVS and crawls the Web for code. "We're bringing over billions of lines of code," said Tom Stocky, Google product manager for the Code Search application. With the application, Google is providing a tool for developers looking to find

Google on Thursday is launching Google Code Search, which enables developers to search publicly available source code.

The application searches repositories such as Subversion and CVS and crawls the Web for code.

“We’re bringing over billions of lines of code,” said Tom Stocky, Google product manager for the Code Search application. With the application, Google is providing a tool for developers looking to find specific code, sample calls or function definitions.

“They can now search for it in one place,” Stocky said.

“Usually, the first thing a programmer does when they’re going to build apps is they search over existing code, which is pretty hard to do today,” Stocky said.

The application is available at google.com/codesearch.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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