Mattos, NelsonHärder, TheoLehner, WolfgangMitschang, BernhardSchöning, HaraldSchwarz, Holger2019-01-172019-01-172011978-3-88579-274-1https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/19586The pace the world of computing has evolved since mainframes has been amazing, dramatically changing the way we design applications and creating opportunities for new players to enter the market. The Web is no longer just a collection of pages anymore and becomes a vital platform for today's most innovative web applications. The explosion of the use of the Internet from mobile devices and applications require powerful backends: this emphasizes how important designing and deploying cloud infrastructure has become. This talk will advocate that the development platform of the future is the web with its browsers and will give you insights into Google's vision in this space and showcase some exciting applications that leverage those technologies to solve incredible tasks.enThe web as the development platform of the futureText/Conference Paper1617-5468