SDK 1.1.7 Released

Posted by Marzia Niccolai, App Engine Team

Update: This morning we released SDK 1.1.7 due to an issue with the 1.1.6 release. SDK 1.1.7 contains the fix for this issue, as well as the fixes and features listed below.

Today we released the 1.1.6 SDK. You can download it on our Google hosting project, and peruse the release notes for more details on the release.

This release contains some notable new features, including several to our datastore:

• You can now sort and filter on an entity's key


• You can now delete an entity directly using its key, without fetching the Model object.


• If you specify a key_name when creating a Model, its key will now be available before you call put()


• URLFetch calls made in the SDK now have a 5 second timeout, matching production

Also, it contains a number of issue fixes, including the following:

• SDK now only supports the same headers as production


• In production, fixed an erroneous NeedIndexError when two ancestor queries were specified


• Calling to_xml() on a model instance containing a BlobProperty returns that BlobProperty base64 encoded


• URLFetch now uses the original HTTP method (e.g. POST) when following a redirect

As always, any and all feedback is welcome in the Google Group!

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Google App Engine Camp Shanghai

Posted by Marzia Niccolai, App Engine Team

Join fellow Google App Engine developers in Shanghai for Google App Engine Camp on November 22nd starting at 1pm. We'll be meeting at Google's Shanghai office, where you can come to discuss and develop your App Engine projects. We'll kick off the event with a round of lightening talks, after which you can meet other developers, and even get started coding!

Food and coffee will be provided, so just bring your ideas and your laptop. Full details and registration form can be found on the website.

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Attention Bay Area developers: participate in our developer study!

Posted by Donal Mountain, App Engine Team

Starting later this year the App Engine team will be getting out of the office for a series of developer visits.

We want to come to your home or office (or wherever you use App Engine), and look over your shoulder so that we can learn first-hand about how you use our product. Our goal is to see how App Engine fits into your development process. We want to learn what's working for you and what's frustrating you.

The initial round of visits will be to developers in the San Francisco Bay Area, and then in the new year we will visit developers elsewhere in the US. If you would like to participate, please take a few minutes to complete this sign-up form. That link also contains information about exactly what's involved in the field visit. Developers who we end up visiting will receive $150 compensation. For questions and updates check the App Engine discussion group.

We look forward to meeting as many of you as possible!

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