I've been developing sites for App Engine Python for years and have always loved the Google App Engine Launcher client for Windows. It makes developing and publishing websites a breeze, compared to most other web server software.
Now I wanted to install the latest version, clicked the download button as usual but were then lead to install the Cloud SDK client instead. So I did. But gone was the simple graphical interface, and I was met with a confusing terminal interface instead, which seemed much more limited in functionality (can I even have multiple sites running at the same time on different ports?). I can't even find how to start the program again after I shut it down. I finally found the old client download, which was hard to find without reading forums. Why would you recommend users to use a clearly inferior product in terms of usability? I think that will deter many new users from developing on App Engine. I think it would be much better if you make the old Launcher the recommended tool for App Engine instead, and provide the Cloud SDK an alternative. I really love App Engine, so that's why I'm sad to see when some new changes seem to make it worse (which is usually not the case, as you've been making some great changes over the years). -- 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/03fc240d-84e2-466f-b987-ec5499f72b5c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
