Does anybody know if the start time of java apps are significantly better (since they are compiled)?
On Oct 23, 4:02 pm, bugaco <ice...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a bit weird experience with this... > > So I wrote app (http://analytics.bugaco.com) that runs on App Engine. > Than I looked at the request logs to see how it is running. > Request logs suggested that I'm using a lot of CPU time on hitting the > home page, but after that CPU time significantly decreases. It also > had annoying red flag suggesting that servlet is using excessive > resources and that I need to optimize it. > Testing a bit, I noticed that pinging lets app be warm, and I had cron > doing the pings for a few days; while also noticing that it does not > do anything useful > > Conclusion: > 1. If log files don't suggest that you are better off pinging people > would not ping > 2. It is stupid that google counts warming up your app toward CPU time > (leading to profiling, that leads to pinging) > 3. It is very stupid that applications can not denote 'keep this code > path warm/cache it/or something' that will allow new users not to give > up on the up until they get first response. > > So, as a conclusion, I think AppEngine is AWESOME. And I also think it > SUCKS. > I love SDK, ability to deploy and test and use all the cool things. > I don't like the idea that it can not serve a (entry)page in 3-5 > seconds as I think that it leaves bad taste in users mouth, and > consequently bad taste in developers mouth. > > Finally, I am not sure I'll use AppEngine for developing other > applications as I'd rather go with paid hosting that provides some > level of performance on serving pages. I think Google would win a lot > of good will if they at least provide quick serving of static > resources. > > One may wonder how to do that, and given that they have all those yaml > files there may be yaml file that specifies a warm static resource. > This would decrease a need for pinging your app as it would allow user > to hit entry page, and google to pre-cache app much easier. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
