Here is my guess I would consider a likely second language for gae will be Javascript. google has v8, it runs javascript fast and in a controlled environment, sure there may not be heaps of hi-level framworks, but I could imagine it would be a good candidate. (lots of control over the runtime which is exactly what google needs to do)
Just my 2c worth. T P.S. Me I would stick with python ;-) On Mar 10, 7:19 am, nima dilmaghani <[email protected]> wrote: > If you wait until the Google IO conference, there just may be an > announcement there that satisfies you. > Cheers, > > Nima > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:52 PM, peterh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://code.google.com/p/pyjamas/ > > Pyjamas is a cross-browser Web App development API that allows you to > > write your client side functionality in Python. > > While it looks like a desktop API, Pyjamas is a stand alone Python to > > JavaScript compiler, an AJAX framework / library and a comprehensive > > widget set API. > > > On Mar 9, 12:12 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK, I *love* GAE getting outa beta and charging. Yup, I *wanna* pay, > > > so that I can get what I'd like. > > > > BUT: the downside is that they haven't offered me what I want. Django > > > templates are fine, as is Python. But on the client side I still have > > > to wrestle with Javascript .. which is also a fine language. > > > > So what's my beef? That I gotta use *two* languages. Wimp that I am, > > > I'm sorta getting tired of this. I've written a fairly complicated > > > GAE app, with Google Maps (and lately a few JS libraries), and I still > > > get the two wonderful languages mixed up. > > > > So if I'm going to start paying, I want some love. Either: > > > > 1 - A Python environment that emits Javascript for the browser (think > > > GWT) > > > .. or > > > 2 - A server-side Javascript solution, like Aptana & Jaxer . > > > > After looking at the *huge* advances in Javascript code, I'm tempted > > > to move from 1 to 2. Lively Kernel is really nice, as is the JS > > > version of Processing.org's graphics. > > > > But Google, as much as I love ya, you're still in beta. I like your > > > approach much more than Amazon's, and I think your getting there, but > > > you're puzzling a lot of us who see you using GWT for high end apps, > > > but not giving us GAE folks the full Monty. > > > > So what's your next move? > > > > -- Owen > > -- > Nima --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
