Guys, check this out: https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/03/your-favorite-languages-now-on-Google-App-Engine.html
"If you’re an App Engine developer who loves the unique features <https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/the-appengine-environments> of the standard environment, we’ve got more coming for you too. Over the next few months, we’ll be rolling out support for Java 8, updated libraries and improved connectivity with other GCP services. Developers that sign up for the alpha release of Java 8 on the App Engine standard environment can get started today <https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/forms/d/1MDzykTWp77YzRgFs5R6ONOuKWYnKEhfy5VhSJYbDvmo/viewform?edit_requested=true>. You can expect multiple announcements on both the standard and flexible environments in App Engine in the coming months." Cannot believe, cannot wait. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/fee2eccb-fc3a-4da9-ba2a-cbf47bf00500%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
