Thanks for looking up the docs. Too bad, it seems like `gcloud preview app run` has been removed form the Google Cloud SDK, so it probably won't work anymore. The new docs are vastly inferior when it comes to:
1. Extending Standard Runtimes 2. Building Custom Runtimes Additionally the new developer experience is seriously lacking compared to Classic App Engine or the previous Docker method: 1. No integrated way of using local App Engine features like we had with dev_appserver.py, e.g. datastore: Now we still have to be connected to the cloud and make sure we're using a different database for local testing than for production ? Or we have to set up something local ourselves and add all the logic necessary. 2. No Consistent Environment. There is no way of knowing if the code we wrote and tested locally is going to run properly on App Engine. Just take the official Node.js HelloWorld tutorial as an example (https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/getting-started/hello-world): Basically pick a random Node.js installation, test locally. Deploy and pray that the provided environment from the Standard Runtime isn't breaking anything. It's true I can still develop just using Docker for MVM locally and after the local version of datastore has been replaced with http calls to google services, there is probably no difference anymore. This is a huge step backwards in regards of developer experience. On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 3:04:09 AM UTC+8, Zeehad (Cloud Platform Support) wrote: > > Hello Su-Au, > > The docs you're referring to, aren't available in Google Cloud Platform > Documentation <https://cloud.google.com/docs/> anymore as they are > obsolete. I noticed the Internet Archive still has some snapshots > <https://web.archive.org/web/20141216011040/https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/managed-vms/custom-runtimes>however > > the links may be broken. > > 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/574298c8-1bd8-47a3-a312-d1e1992662ef%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
