Hi Dan,

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Devel63 <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I've been "deferring" tasks by using a callback from the user's
> browser that follows up an immediate request with other things I want
> to happen in the background as a result of that request (e.g.,
> preparing for the next probable request, putting memcache items into
> DB, etc.).
>
> Is the new deferred capability suitable for this?


Yup!


>  Is it better or
> worse than my approach?


I would say it's better - it doesn't require client support, isn't
susceptible to client issues (like the client going away before it can
execute the second request), and in general can't be interfered with by the
client.


> What are the downsides?
>
> Is it subject to the 10K task queue insertions quota (making it
> completely unsuitable for this)?
>

Yes, but if you enable billing you get 100k tasks a day, and if you have a
good use-case, we can increase that limit further.

-Nick Johnson

>
>


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