Google ADK (Agent Development Kit) in Practice: A2A Protocol, Vertex AI Integration, and Java Dual-Language
Google ADK is Google's official agent SDK with dual-language Python and Java support and deep integration with Vertex AI and the Gemini models. This article walks through ADK's four cores — Agent, Tool, Session, and the A2A protocol — compares it with LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, and Claude Agent SDK, and provides an enterprise deployment path.