2009 Session: Google App Engine in Practice
Wednesday, 14:15 - 15:05
Track: In The Cloud
App Engine makes it easier than ever before to write Java webapps that will scale far beyond the constraints of a single machine. Learn how to write a straightforward but useful App Engine app, and hear more about the pitfalls of relational databases, and how you can use App Engine to overcome them.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Java servlets and web applications.
Expectations
How to write a straightforward but functional App Engine Java app, and how to avoid common relational pitfalls.
Additional Info
Nick Johnson
I'm a Developer Programs Engineer on the App Engine team. My job includes interfacing with external developers on the forums, IRC, and in person, answering highly technical questions, and writing articles, sample code, etcetera. I also contribute in an engineering capacity to the App Engine project; my contributions include remote_api and appcfg. I'm also the author of BDBDatastore, an alternate datastore backend for App Engine apps, written in Java.