AppJet

AppJet, Inc.
Type of site	Web startup
Available in	English
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Owner	Google
Created by	Aaron Iba; J.D. Zamfirescu; David Greenspan;
URL	www.appjet.com (redirects to google.com); Archived December 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Yes
Launched	December 12, 2007
Current status	Discontinued

AppJet, Inc.^[1] was a website that allowed users to create web-based applications on a client web browser. AppJet was founded by three MIT graduates, two of whom were engineers at Google, before starting AppJet.^[2] They launched their initial public beta on December 12, 2007, allowing anyone to create a web app.

AppJet received funding from Y Combinator in the summer of 2007.^[3] However, the project was closed on July 1, 2009 to focus on other businesses. AppJet was finally acquired by Google on December 4, 2009, for an undisclosed amount.^[4]

Programming tutorial

On August 14, 2008, AppJet released a programming tutorial aimed at a target audience of "absolute beginners".^[5]

The tutorial used the AppJet IDE to provide a programming sandbox, allowing readers to experiment with sample code. This was one of the first online tutorials to embed an IDE, exposing a complete server-side web app framework inline with text.

Web software framework

"AppJet" refers to both the web application development platform and the server-side JavaScript framework that powers AppJet applications. This framework enables developers to code entire web applications using only one language, instead of having to use separate languages for server-side and client-side scripting.