Java makes Google App Engine more mainstream
In a case of converging technologies, Google App Engine took several steps toward the mainstream on its first birthday Tuesday at the same time that the concept of cloud computing in general is becoming more accepted.
Cloud computing presents applications as an Internet-accessible services rather than software that runs on corporate servers or people’s own PCs. It can mean anything from raw computing services that can be bolted together, as in the case of Amazon Web Services, to finished products such as the Picnik photo-editing site or SalesForce.com customer-management service. Google App Engine is an intermediate level, offering a general-purpose foundation.
Thus far, App Engine had been limited to Web applications written in the Python programming language favored internally at Google but not as much elsewhere.
The Google App Engine now has support for Java as well. What do you think? Do you think this will encourage more developers?
Spencer’s presentation was temporarily derailed by a Windows blue screen of death, but a backup Mac system quickly filled in.
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