[Lift] Re: Lift works on Google App Engine (within the confines of what's possible)

2009-05-12 Thread ngug
Personally I couldn't find anything free, except for EatJ, which has a free trial. Apparently you have to restart the server every 6? hours in trial mode. Anyway, soon after I registered it didn't let me log in anymore, not sure why. On Apr 20, 8:56 am, Jeremy Mawson jeremy.mawson.w...@gmail.com

[Lift] Re: Lift works on Google App Engine (within the confines of what's possible)

2009-05-12 Thread David Pollak
SliceHost has $20/mo slices http://www.slicehost.com/ that will run Lift apps just fine. I know it's not free, but we're all spending $50/mo on a cell phone, $50/mo on bandwidth, etc... so $20/mo doesn't seem like a high barrier. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Jeremy Mawson

[Lift] Re: Lift works on Google App Engine (within the confines of what's possible)

2009-04-20 Thread samreid
If GAE is not a good home for Lift applications, can you recommend some alternate hosts? Are there any free alternates? Thanks, Sam Reid On Apr 17, 3:57 pm, David Pollak feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, I've just committed a version of Lift (including the Lift Example) that runs

[Lift] Re: Lift works on Google App Engine (within the confines of what's possible)

2009-04-20 Thread Jeremy Mawson
Yes, for those who wish to tinker and share their tinkerings with the world, the zero cost entry point* is good. I'm also interested in any opinions of which free services are better than GAE for Lift apps. Cheers Jeremy * - yes, I know there is a billing model for increased bandwidth and other

[Lift] Re: Lift works on Google App Engine (within the confines of what's possible)

2009-04-17 Thread David Pollak
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Timothy Perrett timo...@getintheloop.euwrote: I just can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to put a Java/Scala app on GAE. The answer to this my good fellow, is simple: Marketing. D'oh! I'm such a dolt... I missed that one.

[Lift] Re: Lift works on Google App Engine (within the confines of what's possible)

2009-04-17 Thread Josh Suereth
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:57 PM, David Pollak feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, I've just committed a version of Lift (including the Lift Example) that runs on the Google App Engine. You can see the running demo at: http://liftdemo.appspot.com/ What's missing: - Mapper and

[Lift] Re: Lift works on Google App Engine (within the confines of what's possible)

2009-04-17 Thread marius d.
I'm very skeptic and reluctant to GAE right now with all due respect for Google.I'm used to quite large apps requiring a high degree of control, DB close to the app and tunings for the app, dedicated HW, etc. Yeah I know Google promises lots of these things I just can't see how they can provide