Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Google App Engine at Campfire One

At Google Campfire One, Google launched a preview release of Google App Engine, "a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google's infrastructure".

More details from the new Google App Engine Blog:

Google App Engine is a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google's infrastructure. The goal is to make it easy to get started with a new web app, and then make it easy to scale when that app reaches the point where it's receiving significant traffic and has millions of users.

Google App Engine gives you access to the same building blocks that Google uses for its own applications, making it easier to build an application that runs reliably, even under heavy load and with large amounts of data. The development environment includes the following features:

  • Dynamic webserving, with full support of common web technologies
  • Persistent storage (powered by Bigtable and GFS with queries, sorting, and transactions)
  • Automatic scaling and load balancing
  • Google APIs for authenticating users and sending email
  • Fully featured local development environment
Google App Engine packages these building blocks and takes care of the infrastructure stack, leaving you more time to focus on writing code and improving your application.

Videos announcing Google App Engine at Campfire One on April 7, 2008

Campfire One: Introducing Google App Engine (pt. 1)

Campfire One: Introducing Google App Engine (pt. 2)
Campfire One: Introducing Google App Engine (pt. 3)
Campfire One: Introducing Google App Engine (pt. 4)
Campfire One: Introducing Google App Engine (pt. 5)
Campfire One: Introducing Google App Engine (pt. 6)

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