Google AppEngine Java Support Launches

  App Engine runs your Java web application using a Java 6
  JVM in a safe "sandboxed" environemnt. App Engine invokes
  your app's servlet classes to handle requests and prepare
  responses in this environment.

tlrobinson2• 17 years ago

Don't forget JavaScript via Rhino!

jonursenbach2• 17 years ago

I'd much rather have native PHP support than have to run PHP through an unnecessary layer of Java. Thanks but no thanks.

wehriam• 17 years ago

Don't forget Jython!

spooneybarger• 17 years ago

In that case, you will want to read:

http://olabini.com/blog/tag/gae/

which includes:

* Dynamic languages on Google App Engine - an overview * JRuby on Rails on Google App Engine * Java on Google App Engine

jli• 17 years ago

people working on appengine really want java? Isn't write webapps in java unproductive? I would figure developers would rather have ruby,php instead.

ordinaryman• 17 years ago

people working on appengine really want java?

After more than 8 years of coding in Java, I had to pick up Python (and Django) so as to start using GAE for my startup.

Now, looking at those sample code in Java (and JSP) and the related XML configurations for GAE, I don't think I want to go back to Java - unless I am paid to do so, say for services.

tptacek• 17 years ago

The word "Java" is misleading; it's really the JVM, which means most of the mainstream web programming languages, in their JVM versions.

bad_user• 17 years ago

JRuby is in good shape, you can deploy Rails on it.

And besides, there are many people with investments in Java already. I think this is a pretty good choice.

Now, if they also added Mono (.NET) that would be great.

schtog• 17 years ago

Google adding support for Microsoft tools?

axod• 17 years ago

Try writing a high throughput webapp in ruby or php, then come back.

Java is orders of magnitude easier to scale.

danw• 17 years ago

Languages don't scale.

bk• 17 years ago

HN etiquette note:

The parent post is neither a troll, spam, or off-topic, and thus should not be downvoted.

A simple "no upvote" would suffice. If you disagree add a substantive rebuttal to your "no upvote".

zmimon• 17 years ago

How do you define troll? A blanket statement labelling an entire technology with a pejorative without any justification or explanation seems fairly trollish to me.

However both of us are certainly off-topic and should be downvoted heavily :-)

mattdennewitz• 17 years ago

and cron!

alecco• 17 years ago

Google's blog: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/

catch404• 17 years ago

Promo page isn't loading for me - Does that mean I missed out?

jaaron• 17 years ago

Did the same thing to me.

I went back to the front page console and there was a link at the top of the page.

marbletiles• 17 years ago

Coo, I wonder if WebObjects can be levered into this, then.

briansmith• 17 years ago

The interesting thing is that this is based on some of the standard Java EE APIs, unlike the Python edition, which was nearly 100% proprietary.

Unfortunately, there's still very poor support for HTTPS. The limited HTTPS support is what keeps me from deploying any applications on it.

Google AppEngine Java Support Launches

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