what about a project where you have extensive UI requirements and want to use Google Web Toolkit?
what about a project where you want to make use of the vast array of commercial and open source Java code that exists already? what about a project where you may want to port to an in-house enterprise environment down the road? these are just three scenarios where Java would most definitely be the right answer. I'm sure there are many others. On Monday, March 11, 2013 1:16:08 PM UTC-5, Joshua Smith wrote: > > It is a very heavyweight solution to a very lightweight problem. > > If you look through the archives here for people complaining about startup > time, excessive billing, etc., you will find that they are almost all using > Java. > > IMHO, the only time it makes sense to use Java on GAE is if you have a > massive existing code base, and cannot afford to port it; or you need to > maintain it in Java for other reasons and don't want to fork. For a new > project on GAE, Java is never the right answer. > > -Joshua > > On Mar 11, 2013, at 2:03 PM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Josh, but why not use Java? > > On Monday, March 11, 2013 10:44:54 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me choose the best strategy >> for my application in terms of design.I want to use the least amount of >> resources as I can and optimize my code. My application is essentially >> written in html and javascript. I will use java to access the datastore >> (unless there is another more efficient way?). So essentially I will be >> storing two main things inside the datastore. A notification status (1 >> single integer, I am expecting about 200,000 of these to be stored) and >> content (5000 ascii characters each expecting about 200,000 of these as >> well). They will be access quite frequently (most likely 50,000 >> notifications and content will be read and updated every 30 mins). I have >> read much about optimizing from google here, but I am wondering as well >> what people would suggest I do to use the least amount fo resources so I >> can compare. >> >> Thanks! >> Cheers > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
