Every major IDE these days has integration with app engine and there are open source tools as well. As long as the GAE core team provides the APIs needed for third parties this sounds the right approach to me. Let the Google team devote its resources on the core issues that nobody else can solve/improve vs. trying the impossible task to provide the tools that will please only a few.
On Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 9:49:25 AM UTC-7, NP wrote: > > I had some issues with TLS and had to upgrade my SDK version which was > when I realized it was no longer the default. > > It is really sad that Google is de-prioritizing the launcher. The whole > aim of App Engine was to get someone who is only fairly technical or knows > how to program in high level languages without knowledge of Unix/command > based issues, up and running. I was so confused and frustrated the first > time I tried to use Compute Engine that I quickly went back to App Engine. > I've also been able to sell a bunch of people on using Google Cloud by > telling them they could easily try out their ideas via App Engine which is > like 'plug and play'. > > Overall, it seems to me that Google has been making decisions that only > meets the needs of their 'more technical' user base while ignoring the less > technical folks. I don't know if they have data to back up this belief that > they have more users in the former group or that the latter group are > insignificant. But it looks to me that I should start looking for other > cloud platforms because it is becoming more difficult to rely on Google > cloud (they've also had frequent changes in their API and products) > > On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 11:48:35 AM UTC-8, Hannes Rydén wrote: >> >> I've been developing sites for App Engine Python for years and have >> always loved the Google App Engine Launcher client for Windows. It makes >> developing and publishing websites a breeze, compared to most other web >> server software. >> >> Now I wanted to install the latest version, clicked the download button >> as usual but were then lead to install the Cloud SDK client instead. So I >> did. But gone was the simple graphical interface, and I was met with a >> confusing terminal interface instead, which seemed much more limited in >> functionality (can I even have multiple sites running at the same time on >> different ports?). I can't even find how to start the program again after I >> shut it down. >> >> I finally found the old client download, which was hard to find without >> reading forums. Why would you recommend users to use a clearly inferior >> product in terms of usability? I think that will deter many new users from >> developing on App Engine. >> >> I think it would be much better if you make the old Launcher the >> recommended tool for App Engine instead, and provide the Cloud SDK an >> alternative. I really love App Engine, so that's why I'm sad to see when >> some new changes seem to make it worse (which is usually not the case, as >> you've been making some great changes over the years). >> > -- 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/f690ed77-f6de-4375-910b-4a28cbac1631%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
