In our team, we have been using base64 encoding and decoding in our development process and to ensure if our efforts are fruitful, we had to test with decoder and we look for online tools for this purpose like: http://base64-encoder-online.
We can make our own code snippets but we have trouble taking them with us, when we have to work at somebody else’s desktops! So, I thought of putting these snippets in the cloud and we can run them from anywhere, where Internet connection is available.
Moreover, I have knowledge about Google Web Toolkit (GWT), a technology to create no compromise web applications in Java language and it will compile to JavaScript specific to each of the modern / legacy browsers, since my engineering days.
This weekend it was really hot in Madhapur (In 40s degree Centgrad.s)and I had to stay indoor for survival. In order to pass time, I thought of writing a Base64 encoder and decoder application for our team’s sake.
I wrote it finally. It took around 6 hours to deploy this version(Second version). Here is the location of the same on the cloud: http://base64coder.appspot.com
This application is running on Google App Engine (GAE). GAE is Google’s cloud platform, which has very recently provided Java runtime.
The highlights of this application are:
- AJAX based application. So desktop like feel at use.
- No Ads, neither I am planning any monetization around this application
- Runs on Google App Engine and is served from the same servers from which Google Apps like Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Search, Google Reader, Google Docs are served.
- Highly scalable; No worry about how many concurrent accesses.
Tools used:
Google Web Toolkit
Google App Engine
Eclipse
JDK
The Output:
Thanks & Regards,
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