First released in 2008, Google App Engine (GAE or AppEngine) was Google’s first attempt to compete with Amazon Web Services in providing cloud computing platform services for developers. In earlier posts, I took some heat for concluding that Google App Engine was not…
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Twitmart ported OFF of Google App Engine
I discussed a few weeks ago how I had ported the Twitmart.org site to Google App Engine for Java as an experiment. This was an excellent learning experience. Unfortunately, the performance on App Engine was simply unacceptable, so now the…
Introducing Quick Bit Notes
I’ve released Quick Bit Notes (QBN) as an experiment in an unconventional method of person-to-person asynchronous communication. One person drops off a personal note for another person. That note is stored and presented in image form to the recipient. The…
Experimenting with Google AppEngine for Java
A while back, I noted that Google had announced that they would be supporting Java on their AppEngine cloud computing platform. I finally got around to working on a significant AppEngine for Java project (something beyond “hello world” or the…
