Thanks for the reply :) I might have a look at Amazon cloud hosting. i'm looking for a way to scale my site at a moments notice.
:) On May 28, 2:48 am, Ross M Karchner <rosskarch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Consider "App" just an abbreviation for "Web Application" > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Application > > I think it's fair to call a social networking site a web app-- but it won't > do you much good in this case, since App Engine only supports Python or > Java, and instead of relational databse like MySQL, uses Googles own > datastore<http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/usingdata...> > . > > > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:07 PM, jam <scig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know it sounds stupid but I would love to know what is defined as an > > app? > > I'm running a social networking website and its getting to much > > traffic for my Dedicated server. My site is PHP on a mysql database. > > Im finding it hard to scale my website especially if I get some good > > TV coverage or get "the digg effect" My server just crashes. > > > Can I use google app engine to host on? is my website an App??? What > > is an app? is it just the new word for an interactive website? > > > Thanks > > Josh > > > -- > > 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-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-appengine%2Bunsubscrib > > e...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- 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-appeng...@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.
