Improve your App Engine skills with Google Developers Academy

Are you developing on Google App Engine today or interested in learning how to use it? If you've gone through all the great App Engine docs and Getting Started tutorials (Python, Java, or Go) but want to take your App Engine skills a step further, then Google Developers Academy (GDA) is the place to go! We launched GDA this past summer at Google I/O 2012, with content for beginners as well as seasoned developers. What can you find on App Engine in...

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Deploying App Engine apps with DevTable

Today’s post comes from Jake Moshenko, founder of DevTable. DevTable is a collaborative hosted IDE which aims to provide a single development environment that can be accessed online from any device or location. It also allows you to collaborate on projects in real-time with your teammates. DevTable supports development and deployment of Google App Engine projects in the cloud.At DevTable, we support development of Google App Engine apps with Python...

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New Google Cloud Platform case studies - including Angry Birds and more

One of the most rewarding parts of working on Google App Engine is seeing our developers create groundbreaking new applications on top of our infrastructure.  To help our current and prospective users gain insight into the vast array of these applications, we recently added a section to the Google Cloud Platform site with a collection of case studies.  Whether you’re interested in learning about how businesses are building on our platform or just looking for inspiration for your next project, we hope you find these pieces informative.RovioCreator...

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Google Cloud Platform introduces new support packages

Support is as important as product features when choosing a platform for your applications. And let’s face it, sometimes we all need a bit of help. No matter which Google Cloud Platform services you are using—App Engine, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, etc.—or what time of day, you should be able to get the answers you need. While you can go to Stack Overflow or Google Groups, we realize some of you may need 24x7 coverage, phone support or direct access to a Technical Account Manager team. To meet your support requirements,...

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Java 7 and Cloud Endpoints Preview

Today we are announcing two new preview features: Google App Engine Java 7 runtime support and Google Cloud Endpoints. Preview features are ‘experimental’ features on a path towards general availability.Java 7 Runtime Support for App Engine The App Engine Java 7 runtime allows App Engine developers to keep pace with innovations in the Java language and runtime. It is important that you begin testing your applications with the new Java 7 runtime...

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New Google App Engine training videos now available

Do you wonder how App Engine orchestrates hundreds of instances so smoothly? Can you imagine how Datastore queries and transactions work behind the scenes? Do you want to know the magic of how App Engine experts dramatically reduce traffic costs using edge caching? We’ve just published a series of great App Engine training videos to help you better understand our platform. These seven voice-over technical videos provide insight for both newbies...

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App Engine 1.7.5 Released

After a brief break last month, the App Engine team is back on our monthly release cycle.  We made lots of improvements to our platform in 2012 and look forward to delivering more this year.In 1.7.5, we are releasing High-Memory Instances and Mail Bounce Notifications to General Availability.  We’ve heard the feedback that you would like to have more memory without having to pay for more CPU.  With this release, you can now utilize F4 or B4 instances with 1GB memory, which is double the amount of memory available before. Mail Bounce...

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Research Projects on Google App Engine

Last spring Google University Relations announced an open call for proposals for Google App Engine Research Awards. We invited academic researchers to use Google App Engine for research experiments and analysis, encouraging them to take advantage of the platform’s ability to manage heavy data loads and run large-scale applications. Submissions included proposals in various subject areas such as mathematics, computer vision, bioinformatics, climate...

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Scaling SongPop to 60 million users with App Engine and Google Cloud Storage

Continuing our Developer Insights series, today’s guest bloggers are Olivier Michon, CTO, and Alexis Hanicotte, software engineer, from Fresh Planet, maker of the popular mobile application SongPop.  SongPop is a social application where players compete to be the fastest to guess the name of a song or artist.SongPop is a social mobile app where players compete on who will be the fastest to guess a songs’ artist or title. It is a huge success...

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