Thanks a lot for all these informations. It seems I have a lot to learn ;)
On Wednesday, 6 February 2013 20:54:21 UTC, howesc wrote: > > Riccardo, > > some answers: > > - i "backup" the source code of my app by using HG or GIT. > - google offers data backup via google cloud storage. you can see > options for this in the google app engine web admin console > - yes it is possible to download GAE data. you'll have to download > database data into a CSV file and then do an import into your other > system. google has instructions for bulk export/import of data. > - if you use the GAE blobstore for large images, copying all that data > out is a little harder, but is doable. i've done it for small projects. > - yes, to change any code you have to re-deploy your app to GAE. using > the GAE SDK you can view changes locally in real time (no reload > required). this kind of thing is good development practice in general > (having a test environment and a production environment) > - yes you can do queries like the one you mention above. there are > restrictions for more complex queries. you can read the google docs for > this. (or post most specific questions when you hit a roadblock) > - no the web2py web admin interface is not available. logs are provided > buy the GAE web console. > > For what it's worth, i love GAE. i'm running several apps, one of them > gets over 2.5 million HTTP requests a day and works really well. there is > some differences between GAE and "traditional" hosting, but once you learn > the rules it's a fun playground to play on. > > good luck! > > christian > > On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:17:28 AM UTC-8, Riccardo C wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> As in the title I'm an absolute beginner... now I'd like to see my app >> online. Probably it would be more correct to say that I would learn to >> deploy for choosing then the hosting for my app. >> I think that using Gae would be the best solution (for a beginner) but I >> was not able to find an answer to these questions (I apologise if some of >> them might seem trivial to you): >> >> - I read that I will not have access to the file system. How to do a >> backup of the app? >> - let say that I want to test the "image gallery" example and >> after a couple of day I want to download all the photos uploaded... >> would >> it be possible? what is possible to do? >> - Would it be easy to move in the future the web app to another >> hosting service without loosing (db data and static file)? >> - I would to change a single view file... what should I do? reload >> all the app? >> - From the web2py doc "No complex datastore queries. In particular >> there are no JOIN, LIKE, and DATE/DATETIME operators." >> - would I still be able to ask the database, for example, << tell >> me all the post in the database BEFORE Jan 2010? >> >> - Would I have the admin web interface available? >> - based on the previous questions, do you suggest to use/evaluate >> another hosting? which one? >> >> Thanks for your help and patience....please if there is already an answer >> to those questions (and I was not able to find it in the forum) please just >> point me to those existing thread. >> >> Riccardo >> > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
