Well if you are talking about a databaseless application, its pretty much just static files as far as the hosting server is concerned. (all the dynamics (with JS) happen in the client browser)
There is lots of talk of using AppEngine for hosting purely static files, even blog posts about it. For example: http://www.instantfundas.com/2011/02/how-to-host-static-websites-on-google.html If it uses a database, then its very similar, you just need server side code that exposes the database via APIs taht the client 'application' can consume and interact with. For this the APIs 'server' could be written in Python, Java or Go. Also see https://developers.google.com/web-toolkit/ which is a framework for building such applications. This is very similar in concept to Mobile Application Development. All the interaction happens on the client (just via an App rather than a bunch of html/js files) - a server just serves to give the app to the user (again static file) and provide a set of APIs. (So I would humbly suggest, what you are talking about is well discussed - you just havent found the right keywords to search :) On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Hain45 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello and good day to all of you. > > I wouldn't normally start a thread without first rigorously searching > through a group to see if somebody else has asked the 'exact' same question > before (turns out that a lot of times, they have), but I haven't found such > a question yet for Google App Engine. > > My question is: > > Can you use Google App Engine to host web/mobile apps that are built using > only HTML, CSS and JS (with/without database interaction) ? > > According to what I've come across recently, it is just as easy and > powerful to build an app for a mobile/smartphone or PC using HTML5, CSS3 > and JavaScript as it would be to use a language like Python or Java (some > people may have gripes about such a suggestion, but realistically speaking, > a lot can be done with those languages). > > It also seems that using HTML and JS can actually make cross-platform > development much easier than starting scratch for each new platform(which > is why services like "phonegap" are popular). > > Hopefully somebody experienced in using the GAE services will be able to > assist with this answer (as I am sure a ton of developers will probably > have this exact question in the future - when cross-platform development > does become very popular). > > I am also asking this before I sign-up to GAE, as it may turn out that > HTML, CSS and JS development is not suitable for the GAE services and maybe > another option developers can consider is the AWS-free option (which seems > as though it can handle any development). > > I look forward to hearing from you guys soon. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/7ip3QztaCN0J. > 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. > -- 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.
