Nice with some roadmap information, and also neccesary as i see it. But to my big disappointment I do not se long-running processes .-(. I'm very well aware that it raises a lot of quistions, but come-on. Using webcron (and keeping every request på 8 sec) seems like a lot of unneccesary enginering - all together not having to deal with this kind of enginering is why app engine is so appealing.
Keep up the great work ... and take a look around at the competition ... this is the time for you guys to get a leap to MS and yaaho On 24 Okt., 07:06, Arun Shanker Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great to finally get official about the Roadmap.... > > On Oct 24, 8:01 am, Jeffrey Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks for clarifying this! I am especially relieved to see the > > datastore import/export and the billing option announced. I am also > > relieved to see recent advances like the HTTPS release which now lets > > us add things like Google Checkout integration. As someone who runs > > their entire business (http://www.wolfire.com) on Google App Engine, > > here are a few things that I would like to see, for what it's worth: > > > - The latency for using your own domain. The appspot url is > > distributed around the world and extremely fast. We're talking 2 - > > 8ms in the bay area. However, once you put your app on your own > > domain, that latency goes to ~100 ms to 200ms in the bay area. Still > > "decent", but slower than what a typical web host would provide. I > > would be interested to hear what Google is planning to do about this. > > > Here is the > > ticket:http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=531 > > > For what it's worth, the reason I signed up for this service in the > > first place is because I was so impressed with the CDN aspect of the > > service and the low latency around the world of my pages. I don't > > want to tell you guys about your own business, but IMHO, this CDN > > aspect of GAE is one of the few things that makes Google unique from > > other web hosting providers and Google is one of the few companies out > > there that has the necessary infrastructure to pull it off. It's a > > shame that GAE isn't reaching its full potential in this regard. > > > From what I hear, it's internal bureaucracy with the Google Apps team > > handling the DNS routing and the GAE handling the other aspect of the > > service, but whatever it is, I am sure you guys can solve it. > > > It's just really frustrating because when I was initially testing it > > in jeffr.appspot.com, the site is so fast, it is literally > > instantaneous. Like you click the link, and it is already there. > > Even people who aren't tech savvy would comment independently on how > > it was the fastest site they had ever seen, but now wolfire.com is > > actually slower than it was on our original dedicated server. > > > - Support for naked domains. It's annoying that I have to redirect > > people who go to wolfire.com towww.wolfire.com. If anything, I'd > > rather do it the other way around. This also adds to the latency, > > ruining our chance for an instantaneous load like on > > appspot.http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=777 > > > - Some fixes for small misc bugs and "features". For example, it is > > impossible to set a display name on emails. This is a simple best > > practice to make your email look like it was from "Wolfire Games" > > rather than [EMAIL > > PROTECTED]://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=677 > > > Another example is how GAE doesn't let you set cookies on a 301 > > redirect.http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=784 > > > I am sure these are tiny bugs that could be corrected in less than a > > day of an engineer's work yet they are actually quite important to GAE > > users (despite the small number of stars). Basically, I would like a > > little more transparency on what the GAE is doing. It would be cool > > to maybe allocate a week to just fix all of the low hanging fruit bugs > > like these ones rather than spending months working on adding Java > > support or HTTPS support exclusively. I can't really comment on what > > Google is doing, because I simply don't know, but that is what it > > feels like to me. > > > A few other things to throw out there; a task queue so we can get rid > > of the third party server regular http ping hack and full text search. > > > Sorry if this post sounds negative. I love GAE and don't regret > > choosing it as my platform for a minute, but that's my feedback as > > someone who works with it every day. :) > > > On Oct 23, 5:45 pm, "Marzia Niccolai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Many of you have expressed interest in learning about what's coming next > > > for > > > Google App Engine, and although we've often talked about features we plan > > > on > > > supporting, we've decided to publish a > > > roadmap<http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/roadmap.html>along with > > > our documentation. The roadmap can be found > > > here:http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/roadmap.html > > > > It should be noted that while we're working hard on these features, > > > development schedules do slip at times, and the dates below may change. > > > We'll do our best to update this roadmap as our engineers continue > > > development. > > > > Without further ado, here it is: > > > > 10/08 - 3/09 > > > * Service for storing and serving large files > > > * Datastore import and export utility for large datasets > > > * Billing: developers can pay for more resource usage > > > * Support for a new runtime language > > > * Uptime monitoring site > > > > And, for reference, here is the release timeline since April: > > > > * 10/16/08 - HTTPS support for *.appspot.com > > > * 10/14/20 - Logs for Admin Console usage, and regex filtering for > > > application logs > > > * 9/18/08 - CPU usage details added to logs and dashboard, zipimport, > > > zipserve, memcache viewer > > > * 8/22/08 - Multi-entity group batch writes and deletes > > > * 7/24/08 - Logs export capability, more apps for everyone! > > > * 5/28/08 - Memcache and Image Manipulation API, Open Signups > > > * 5/15/08 - App Engine Launcher for Mac > > > * 4/8/08 - App Engine Limited Preview Release launches! > > > > -Marzia --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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