The bit GAE has got bang on is the ability to be up and running VERY easily. But as things get more complex the missing pieces become an issue as I can imagine many people being put off by the lack of HTTPS support. It's good but a few things make me think that maybe GAE isn't a contender for replacing the traditional startup server rig/VPS etc.
Without much more effort you could see GAE fitting into web host market for applications, but with a few of those issues being wrapped up. It's a great setup, but just needs those last few pieces and it could give MS a kicking with their App Safety Blanket thing. ;) For the time I think that a VPS is still the way to go for anything requiring exchanging of details or finances, but lets hope things develop quickly. Cheers On Nov 17, 7:21 am, "David Parks" <davidpark...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The one issue I ran into was lack of HTTPS support, that should change in > the future I hear, at which point I think GAE is very possibly a good > platform for building web/ecommerce apps. I've been watching the ongoing > performance issues with some concern, though managing your own server isn't > without risk of the same (though you have more control over the solution). > > The thing GAE does very right is to enable you to build platform independent > applications. If you build your application so that it can easily be ported > from one platform to another you'll be able to migrate onto (in our case, > when HTTPS support comes available) or off of GAE (if performance issues > became a show stopper) without a re-write. > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: google-appengine@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:google-appeng...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Edda UX > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:40 PM > To: Google App Engine > Subject: [google-appengine] Potential GAE Usage > > Folks, I've been using GAE for a couple of weeks now and its a great setup > and I've taught myself Python so things are very interesting but I'm quickly > becoming aware of the "edges" and how best to use GAE. > > I've used GAE for a pet project at my current work place, but could I use it > for a consulting sideline? I don't think the business version would suit as > these app/sites could be for different clients and this is where the fuzzy > line is coming into play. > > With web apps / websites becoming increasingly blurred, it appears that GAE > may be suitable to build e-commerce sites, web apps but I wouldn't be > confident enough that I could build this info a business and rely on GAE as > they have certain restrictions. Would this mean I need to look at a AWS > setup (more work setting the box up etc, but more control) rather than GAE. > > I would be interested to hear peoples opinions on where GAE sits in the > grand scheme of things and would google allow me to develop apps / websites > on GAE rather than going to a hosting company or amazon and renting a VPS or > cloud equivalent. > > Cheers > > -- > 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 > athttp://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.
