State of Java 8 on App Engine (not the flexible env)

[Raphael André Bauer]

Hi,


I am just wondering what the state of affairs is with Java 8 on the
App Engine (not the flexible env).
Java 8 was released almost 3 years ago and Java 9 is just around the corner.

We increasingly got problems staying up to date as more and more
libraries are moving towards Java 8. In addition - this makes it
really hard to sell the platform to customers as it only supports Java
7.

I know there is this policy "It's finished when it's finished - and we
don't talk about release dates". Yet - we just wanted to make clear
that there are some people out that'd really appreciate that the App
Engine supports Java 8.


Thanks,


Raphael

[Koozamo Team]

+1 on this topic.  Just knowing the status every so often would extremely help with our project planning going forward.

[Nicola Spreafico]

See also this issue

https://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=9537

[Amir Rouzrokh]

Hi guys, Product Manager on Java team here. 

We are working on bringing you Java 8 on GAE standard. We want to make sure we have the best experience for our users, so please stay tuned. I will be posting more updates as we have more to share. 

Thanks

[Nick]

Is this wrapped up with supporting servlet specs greater than 2.5?

[Drew Spencer]

I damn hope so because the clashes between servlet-api:2.5 and javax.servlet-api:3.1.0 (in GWT SDK, but I'm sure this is the same for other frontend libraries, too) are becoming a major PITA:

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38979519/why-cant-gwt-connect-to-superdevmode-server-in-multi-module-maven-project which continues into: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-web-toolkit/dF8KhbxnlBY

The <exclusions> workaround seems to work, but it's inconsistent it seems... still testing various setups.

It's a pain having to setup GWT to use Java 8 and App Engine to use Java 7.

We appreciate the 'update' Amir, but all anyone has said is "we're working on it" for 3 years now.

Ugh, sorry for the rant.

+1 I suppose  :|

[Raphael André Bauer]

Hi Amir,


good to hear that Java 8 for GAE is planned and thanks for the feedback.

Looking forward to the release...


Cheers,

Raphael

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[Linus Pauling]

Hello Amir, any updates about it?

[Wayne Doherty]

Has there been any analysis regards performance differences between the upcoming Java 8 servlets on GAE standard, and running integrated web servers on GAE flexible?

Cheers

[Joshua Fox]

What's up with Java 8  support on Standard Environment? I ask not just in the usual sense of "hurry up" but in the sense of "this is strange--why is this happening?." Java 8 is over 3 years old and Java  7 (from Oracle) has been unsupported for two years! 

Is Google  continuing to give full support for GAE  Standard Environment?

  

 

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[Attila-Mihaly Balazs]

+1 on this! Google seems to have abandoned Appengine standard from this point of view (no PHP 7, no Python 3, no Java 8) - even though some of the currently supported languages (like Java 7 or PHP 5) are no longer supported and are considered a security risk.

:-(
Attila

[Marcus Demnert]

As mentioned in GCP Podcast episode #58 by end of Jan (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-appengine/Zn7X3D7o584), Java 8 on Standard can be expected during this spring.

[Rajesh Gupta]

Our company is now looking java appengine endpoints frameworks (endpoints version 2.0), after working with endpoints 1.0 for long time

In the quickstart https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/frameworks/java/quickstart-frameworks-java

The documentation is mentioning about java 8 download.

What does this mean for standard appengine ?  Does it support java 8?

Regards,

Rajesh

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[Béla Uzonyi]

Guys, check this out: https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/03/your-favorite-languages-now-on-Google-App-Engine.html

"If you’re an App Engine developer who loves the unique features of the standard environment, we’ve got more coming for you too. Over the next few months, we’ll be rolling out support for Java 8, updated libraries and improved connectivity with other GCP services. Developers that sign up for the alpha release of Java 8 on the App Engine standard environment can get started today. You can expect multiple announcements on both the standard and flexible environments in App Engine in the coming months."

Cannot believe, cannot wait.