Hi,
This is a very very very good topic.
--> Is GAE a toy ? My conclusion after 4 months of intensive work with it
is that it is clearly not a toy. I have been able to develop an application
with 93,000 lines of code in Java which delivers the functional and
non-functional requirements. The application is currently in user
acceptance test and the end-users are very happy about the product and they
are impressed by the response time.
--> Does Google make enough publicity ? Clearly not and that could lead to
problems in the future with the competition become better and better.
My recommendations would be along the following lines :
*I. Increase awareness*
--> Interview senior management of Google explaining the long-term
commitment and roadmap of the product. Google I/O could be a very good
opportunity
--> Post on the front pag of GAE an updated list of web sites using GAE
together with the industry they support (e.g. Marketing, Games, Finance,
...)
--> Send regularly reports about number of developers / number of
applications
*II. Architecture support
* --> Provide architecture / data diagrams of existing applications using
GAE. This relates to a problem I had figuring out how to model
entity-relationships + question I had on how to structure the application.
*III. Improve datastore backup / restore functionalities
* --> A lot of work has been done recently on the backup / restore
functionalities but I still miss the following :
--> Backup / restore by namespace. Without this, it is very difficult
to deploy a multi-tenant application which is one of the key advantages of
the cloud platforms. Currently, backup / restore by namespace requires
developer coding but this should become a commodity
--> Backup / restore for blobstore also by namespace
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:28:48 AM UTC+1, Efi Merdler-Kravitz wrote:
>
> I've just read on GigaOm (http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-
> flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/<http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/>)
>
> an interesting article on the adoption
> of cloud.
>
> An interesting question was about which public cloud services
> developers will use and app engine wasn't mentioned at all,
> Two points I'm interested to hear your thoughts on:
> 1. It always seems that app engine is conceived as a toy cloud
> platform, *I know it's not*, but why the press treats it like that ?
> 2. what's your experience with your colleagues, do you hear numbers
> like the ones mentioned on the article ?
>
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:28:48 AM UTC+1, Efi Merdler-Kravitz wrote:
>
> I've just read on GigaOm (http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-
> flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/<http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/>)
>
> an interesting article on the adoption
> of cloud.
>
> An interesting question was about which public cloud services
> developers will use and app engine wasn't mentioned at all,
> Two points I'm interested to hear your thoughts on:
> 1. It always seems that app engine is conceived as a toy cloud
> platform, *I know it's not*, but why the press treats it like that ?
> 2. what's your experience with your colleagues, do you hear numbers
> like the ones mentioned on the article ?
>
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:28:48 AM UTC+1, Efi Merdler-Kravitz wrote:
>
> I've just read on GigaOm (http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-
> flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/<http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/>)
>
> an interesting article on the adoption
> of cloud.
>
> An interesting question was about which public cloud services
> developers will use and app engine wasn't mentioned at all,
> Two points I'm interested to hear your thoughts on:
> 1. It always seems that app engine is conceived as a toy cloud
> platform, *I know it's not*, but why the press treats it like that ?
> 2. what's your experience with your colleagues, do you hear numbers
> like the ones mentioned on the article ?
>
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:28:48 AM UTC+1, Efi Merdler-Kravitz wrote:
>
> I've just read on GigaOm (http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-
> flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/<http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/>)
>
> an interesting article on the adoption
> of cloud.
>
> An interesting question was about which public cloud services
> developers will use and app engine wasn't mentioned at all,
> Two points I'm interested to hear your thoughts on:
> 1. It always seems that app engine is conceived as a toy cloud
> platform, *I know it's not*, but why the press treats it like that ?
> 2. what's your experience with your colleagues, do you hear numbers
> like the ones mentioned on the article ?
>
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:28:48 AM UTC+1, Efi Merdler-Kravitz wrote:
>
> I've just read on GigaOm (http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-
> flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/<http://gigaom.com/cloud/developers-will-flock-to-public-cloud-in-2012/>)
>
> an interesting article on the adoption
> of cloud.
>
> An interesting question was about which public cloud services
> developers will use and app engine wasn't mentioned at all,
> Two points I'm interested to hear your thoughts on:
> 1. It always seems that app engine is conceived as a toy cloud
> platform, *I know it's not*, but why the press treats it like that ?
> 2. what's your experience with your colleagues, do you hear numbers
> like the ones mentioned on the article ?
>
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