With release 1.2.3 of the Python SDK, we are psyched to present an exciting new feature - the Task Queue API. You can now perform offline processing on App Engine by scheduling bundles of work (tasks) for automatic execution in the background. You don't need to worry about managing threads or polling - just write the task processing code, queue up some input data, and App Engine handles the rest. If desired, you can even organize and control task execution by defining custom queues. A quick example: # for each user, add a task to send a custom...
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Thursday, 11 June 2009
App Engine @ Google I/O goodness for all to enjoy
Posted on 17:10 by Unknown
Back in April when we launched Java support, we gave the first 10,000 developers who signed up access to the new runtime. In case you haven't heard, we recently announced at Google I/O that App Engine for Java signup is now open. We're excited to see more developers joining our community!For those who missed Google I/O or want a refresher on the sessions, the videos are now posted online. From building a complex and scalable app on App Engine to offline processing, there are a lot of things to learn from these sessions. You can find a more detailed...
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Changing Quotas To Keep Most Apps Serving Free
Posted on 18:47 by Unknown
Since App Engine launched, our goal has been to offer substantial free hosting resources to as many developers as possible. As previously announced, we are changing our free resource quota levels, effective on June 22nd. Our target level of free support has been 5 million page views per month for a reasonably efficient web application.When we launched App Engine, we were intentionally generous in our free quotas, both because we didn't know resources usage of a typical request, and because we didn't offer a billing feature to allow developers to...
Friday, 5 June 2009
10 things you (probably) didn't know about App Engine
Posted on 14:44 by Unknown
What could be better than nine nifty tips and tricks about App Engine? Why, ten of course. As we've been participating in the discussion groups, we've noticed that some features of App Engine often go unnoticed so we've come up with just under eleven fun facts which might just change the way that you develop your app. Without further ado, bring on the first tip:1. App Versions are strings, not numbersAlthough most of the examples show the 'version' field in app.yaml and appengine-web.xml as a number, that's just a matter of convention. App versions...
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