Re: Google app engine database

2014-02-23 Thread Kev Dwyer
glenn.a.is...@gmail.com wrote: > Is there a way to make sure that whenever you're making google engine app > iterations to a database that that info does not get wiped/deleted. > Please advise It's not clear what you mean here; I'll guess that by "iterations" you mean "changes" by "database" you

Re: Google app engine database

2014-02-22 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 23/02/2014 00:39, glenn.a.is...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to make sure that whenever you're making google engine app iterations to a database that that info does not get wiped/deleted. Please advise What Python code have you tried or are you contemplating using? -- My fellow Pytho

Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

2008-12-01 Thread russ
> > what if you wanted to move a piece to the left or right after its past some > vertical obstruction? > Not _presently_ supporting moving the piece left or right. I've thought about it, and would make things a bit more complicated - just wanted to get something simple "out there", and see how m

Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

2008-12-01 Thread Casey McGinty
Well, I think its a cool idea. I might try it out if I can find some free cycles. And does the game logic assume the pieces come straight down? For example, what if you wanted to move a piece to the left or right after its past some vertical obstruction? For example If you place and upside down 'j

Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

2008-12-01 Thread russ
that's the first feature i'll add.. once the popularity gets over zero! :) On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Casey McGinty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:41 PM, russ.au <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've got more features to add, depending on how >> popular it is..

Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

2008-12-01 Thread Casey McGinty
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:41 PM, russ.au <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got more features to add, depending on how > popular it is.. > Are you going to create a leader board to track the high scores? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listin

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-09 Thread Terry Reedy
"Duncan Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | There are several things which would make moving away from Google tricky: I noticed that too, but it does have the virtue that development is done on one's own machine rather than keeping everying on the ISP's machines

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-09 Thread Joshua Kugler
Duncan Booth wrote: > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/07/google-jumps-head-first-into-web-services-with-google-app-engine/ > "Python only. What a weird decision. Not business and > community-friendly at all." Translation: "Not over-engineered-top-heavy-overly-complex-job-security-inducing-Java-e

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-09 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> > > The backend data store, while it has a vaguely SQLish query language is an > > object database not a relational database, i.e. more like ZODB than MySQL. > > It uses similar concepts to django's data api but isn't the same. It > should > > be possible to write something simple to replace it,

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-09 Thread Erich
On Apr 9, 3:51 am, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The backend data store, while it has a vaguely SQLish query language is an > object database not a relational database, i.e. more like ZODB than MySQL. > It uses similar concepts to django's data api but isn't the same. It should > be po

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-09 Thread Duncan Booth
Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you use authentication then again you are tied to Google accounts (or > Google Apps accounts). For a public application that would also block > attempts to move to another platform. Correcting myself: according to http://code.google.com/p/googleappe

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-09 Thread Duncan Booth
Jason Scheirer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 8, 7:50 pm, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Duncan Booth wrote: >> > Google have announced a new service called 'Google App Engine' >> > which may be of interest to some of the people here >> >> OK, now we need a compatibility layer s

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-08 Thread Jason Scheirer
On Apr 8, 7:50 pm, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Duncan Booth wrote: > > Google have announced a new service called 'Google App Engine' which may > > be of interest to some of the people here > > OK, now we need a compatibility layer so you can move apps from > Google App Engine to yo

RE: Google App Engine

2008-04-08 Thread Trent Nelson
> But people will always prefer complaining on the grounds of > insufficient information to keeping quiet on the basis of knowledge. +1 QOTW! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-08 Thread John Nagle
Duncan Booth wrote: > Google have announced a new service called 'Google App Engine' which may > be of interest to some of the people here OK, now we need a compatibility layer so you can move apps from Google App Engine to your own servers. You don't want to be locked into a single vendor

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-08 Thread Steve Holden
Duncan Booth wrote: [...] > Yes, it says you can use almost any Python web framework but django is the > preferred one. > > Some of the comments at > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/07/google-jumps-head-first-into-web-services-with-google-app-engine/ > sound kind of upset, e.g.: "Python will b

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-08 Thread Duncan Booth
William Dode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 08-04-2008, Duncan Booth wrote: >> Google have announced a new service called 'Google App Engine' which >> may be of interest to some of the people here (although if you want >> to sign up you'll have to join the queue behind me): >> >> From the introdu

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-08 Thread Berco Beute
It's wonderful news for Python. It will definitely be a boost for Python's (and Django's) popularity. Python finally seems to be on every developers mind at the moment. Looks like it's showtime for Python! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-08 Thread William Dode
On 08-04-2008, Duncan Booth wrote: > Google have announced a new service called 'Google App Engine' which may > be of interest to some of the people here (although if you want to sign > up you'll have to join the queue behind me): > > From the introduction: > >> What Is Google App Engine? ... It

Re: Google App Engine

2008-04-08 Thread Henry Chang
This is very interesting. Thanks for sharing! On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Google have announced a new service called 'Google App Engine' which may > be of interest to some of the people here (although if you want to sign > up you'll have to join the