New Datastore query tool

[husayt]

Hi,

we had this new uber cool datastore query tool enabled couple of weeks ago. That was great, but sadly it was switched back to the old one next day.

I am in anticipation of getting the new query tool back.

Can someone from Google please advise?

Thanks,

Huseyn Guliyev

[camaram]

Hello H.,

Currently we lack information on when that new Datastore Query tool will be available for public use.

Please, follow the official Google Cloud Platform blog for updates on new products and features.

Mario C.

Google Cloud Platform Support.

[camaram]

Hi again,

I'd like to confirm that you're using the Query Tool in the Developers' Console [1] and not the one in the old App Engine Console? I was talking about the former one.

Regards,

[1] https://console.developers.google.com/project/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/datastore/query

[husayt]

Yes I use that one, which is extremely slow and buggy.

For couple of days in january there was updated version which was much better, but unfortunately that was replaced with old one again.

[camaram]

Hi Huseyn,

I'm glad that you liked it.

As I said in my previous message we don't have yet any information about the release date of that feature.

Regards

Mario C.

Google Cloud Platform Support

[husayt]

Hi Mario. 

this is strange considering tool was already much better than current broken one.

Considering that there was no update to 1.9.17 for last two months, this makes me worry. I remember GAE team was very proud by how lean they were and aiming to do monthly release cycles.

Yes there were improvements to Google cloud in general, but no single exciting new feature has been added to Appengine SDK for a whole year now.

See for yourselves:

https://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/wiki/SdkForJavaReleaseNotes

only minor bug fixes and that's it. 

Unless i miss something, or things are not announced release notes properly, but this really worries me and i am sure many others here.

I am very keen to find out about perspectives of developing with GAE.

Thanks.

HG

[Jason Collins]

Well, Google I/O is approaching, and I'm sure they'd like to have stuff to announce...

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[husayt]

Yes, but that is five months later and there were no serious updates to appengine since before last IO.

By the way, there was very little of appengine in IO anyway, which is another indicator.

Leave alone new features, there are so many acknowledged bugs in GAE issue tracker being ignored for years that makes me doubt if we are dealing with serious product or not.

Take for instance the following issue:

https://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=10954&can=8&colspec=ID%20Type%20Component%20Status%20Stars%20Summary%20Language%20Priority%20Owner%20Log

which means you can't run run queues on non primary modules. It just needs one xml change and even  that is specified there, but for whole 9 months there is no one who could just apply that simple one line fix.

Google cloud is definetely moving forward, it is just the fate of GAE is very unclear to me.

Best,

HG.

[Chad Vincent]

this is strange considering tool was already much better than current broken one.

There were reports of data loss when using the edit capabilities.  So no, it was inherently worse.  ;)