Google Data on Rails

The title is technically correct, but still misleading. I was expecting to see an API for talking to BigTable, but all I got was a way to list my spreadsheets at Google docs.

I've been fooled by this before, so you'd think I'd learn. Still, it would be nice if Google would rename their Google Docs API to "Google Docs API" and ditch the misleading "Data" term.

I love that Google still has lots of references to Writely. It's only been Google Docs for a good 3ish? years now.

Well done and good luck, but it is hard to believe this library will change the dynamic for GData.

I tried searching, but for the life of me, I cannot find an actual web application or a service that is based on GData.

Yes, there are all kinds of importers from Google account that lets a 3rd party service spam your friends with invites. But is this the only use-case Google is trying to support? You'd think that they really do want developers to build on their platform, no? If so, why isn't there a more pick-up?

This is a great news. Google it's free cloud computing. Use Google SpreadSheet to save records (contact forms, order, etcs) it's a great functionality that some rails plugins can add easily.

Can this talk to Google Checkout?

I read until I saw REXML. The author should move to a faster XML library.