Google Reveals App Engine Secrets to Its True Audience
June 8, 2009
If you had any doubt that Google’s audience is a programming savvy crowd, just read “10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know about App Engine” here. GOOG takes the long view. The idea is surround and seep. The first step is to get to the developers who can help Google implement its strategy. Who else but programmers would twirl with excitement over tips such as:
- The Java runtime supports any language that compiles to Java bytecode
- Datastore performance doesn’t depend on how many entities you have or
- The order that handlers in app.yaml, web.xml, and appengine-web.xml are specified in matters.
User friendly, right?
Stephen Arnold, June 7, 2009