Is Google using GAE?

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Torsten Därr

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Dec 16, 2017, 4:57:06 AM12/16/17
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Hi, is Google actually using its own product, GAE on its own sites? For example, what are google.org and edu.google.com built in? As far as I can see, for whatever reason not in GAE. Many thanks, Torsten

Steren Giannini

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Dec 17, 2017, 10:09:30 PM12/17/17
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Hi Torsten,

Yes, Google uses App Engine for some projects. In particular, we have many business critical internal applications running on App Engine.

Steren
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Hi, is Google actually using its own product, GAE on its own sites? For example, what are google.org and edu.google.com built in? As far as I can see, for whatever reason not in GAE. Many thanks, Torsten

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Jeremy Lorino

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Dec 19, 2017, 8:32:45 PM12/19/17
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Isn't there some sort of giphy app used internally running on GAE? ;)

Autotransfer.jetzt

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Dec 20, 2017, 2:04:02 PM12/20/17
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Hi Steren, first of all, let me say that I find it absolutely amazing that I'm now able to communicate with Google staff directly. I greatly appreciate the opportunity. So, if I understand it correctly, at this point GAE is a product for internal corporate infrastructure rather than websites? Thanks a lot, Torsten

Kenworth (Google Cloud Platform)

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Dec 20, 2017, 5:39:40 PM12/20/17
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In addition to internal usage, GAE is used to build public web and mobile applications using Google's infrastructure. See the list of a few customers here.


Steren Giannini

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Dec 21, 2017, 1:40:24 PM12/21/17
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Hi, let me rephrase: Google uses App Engine for some external projects and for some internal projects.

There are many use cases for using App Engine, and it is definitely not restricted to internal corporate websites. I invite you to read https://cloud.google.com/appengine/ to learn about the value of App Engine.
Use cases include (but are not restricted to) web applications, API backends for a mobile app or game, micro-services architectures...

Here is a recent example: https://open.nytimes.com/moving-the-new-york-times-games-platform-to-google-app-engine-e9337f2c9444 The New York Times uses App Engine for its crossword app. This allows them, among other things, to handle without no issue the daily traffic spikes.

The best way to understand it is to give it a try yourself in your favorite language: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/ 

Steren
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Hi Steren, first of all, let me say that I find it absolutely amazing that I'm now able to communicate with Google staff directly. I greatly appreciate the opportunity. So, if I understand it correctly, at this point GAE is a product for internal corporate infrastructure rather than websites? Thanks a lot, Torsten

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Autotransfer.jetzt

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Dec 22, 2017, 9:12:10 AM12/22/17
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Still, why a site like google.org is not built in GAE is beyond me but this might be because I'm not a developer. 

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 7:39 PM, 'Steren Giannini' via Google App Engine <google-a...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hi, let me rephrase: Google uses App Engine for some external projects and for some internal projects.

There are many use cases for using App Engine, and it is definitely not restricted to internal corporate websites. I invite you to read https://cloud.google.com/appengine/ to learn about the value of App Engine.
Use cases include (but are not restricted to) web applications, API backends for a mobile app or game, micro-services architectures...

Here is a recent example: https://open.nytimes.com/moving-the-new-york-times-games-platform-to-google-app-engine-e9337f2c9444 The New York Times uses App Engine for its crossword app. This allows them, among other things, to handle without no issue the daily traffic spikes.

The best way to understand it is to give it a try yourself in your favorite language: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/ 

Steren
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Google Cloud Platform
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 11:04 AM Autotransfer.jetzt <t...@autotransfer.jetzt> wrote:
Hi Steren, first of all, let me say that I find it absolutely amazing that I'm now able to communicate with Google staff directly. I greatly appreciate the opportunity. So, if I understand it correctly, at this point GAE is a product for internal corporate infrastructure rather than websites? Thanks a lot, Torsten

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Steren Giannini

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Dec 22, 2017, 11:19:47 AM12/22/17
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I do not know the specifics of google.org.

I want to say that a static website with no dynamic content can entirely be served by hosting static assets on a global CDN. I encourage you to take a look at solutions like Cloud Storage + Cloud CDN or Firebase Hosting.

Steren

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 6:12 AM Autotransfer.jetzt <t...@autotransfer.jetzt> wrote:
Still, why a site like google.org is not built in GAE is beyond me but this might be because I'm not a developer. 

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 7:39 PM, 'Steren Giannini' via Google App Engine <google-a...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hi, let me rephrase: Google uses App Engine for some external projects and for some internal projects.

There are many use cases for using App Engine, and it is definitely not restricted to internal corporate websites. I invite you to read https://cloud.google.com/appengine/ to learn about the value of App Engine.
Use cases include (but are not restricted to) web applications, API backends for a mobile app or game, micro-services architectures...

Here is a recent example: https://open.nytimes.com/moving-the-new-york-times-games-platform-to-google-app-engine-e9337f2c9444 The New York Times uses App Engine for its crossword app. This allows them, among other things, to handle without no issue the daily traffic spikes.

The best way to understand it is to give it a try yourself in your favorite language: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/ 

Steren
Product Manager
Google Cloud Platform
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 11:04 AM Autotransfer.jetzt <t...@autotransfer.jetzt> wrote:
Hi Steren, first of all, let me say that I find it absolutely amazing that I'm now able to communicate with Google staff directly. I greatly appreciate the opportunity. So, if I understand it correctly, at this point GAE is a product for internal corporate infrastructure rather than websites? Thanks a lot, Torsten

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Autotransfer.jetzt

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Dec 22, 2017, 2:18:15 PM12/22/17
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OK, will do. Many thanks. 

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 5:18 PM, 'Steren Giannini' via Google App Engine <google-a...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I do not know the specifics of google.org.

I want to say that a static website with no dynamic content can entirely be served by hosting static assets on a global CDN. I encourage you to take a look at solutions like Cloud Storage + Cloud CDN or Firebase Hosting.

Steren

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 6:12 AM Autotransfer.jetzt <t...@autotransfer.jetzt> wrote:
Still, why a site like google.org is not built in GAE is beyond me but this might be because I'm not a developer. 

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 7:39 PM, 'Steren Giannini' via Google App Engine <google-appengine@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hi, let me rephrase: Google uses App Engine for some external projects and for some internal projects.

There are many use cases for using App Engine, and it is definitely not restricted to internal corporate websites. I invite you to read https://cloud.google.com/appengine/ to learn about the value of App Engine.
Use cases include (but are not restricted to) web applications, API backends for a mobile app or game, micro-services architectures...

Here is a recent example: https://open.nytimes.com/moving-the-new-york-times-games-platform-to-google-app-engine-e9337f2c9444 The New York Times uses App Engine for its crossword app. This allows them, among other things, to handle without no issue the daily traffic spikes.

The best way to understand it is to give it a try yourself in your favorite language: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/ 

Steren
Product Manager
Google Cloud Platform
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 11:04 AM Autotransfer.jetzt <t...@autotransfer.jetzt> wrote:
Hi Steren, first of all, let me say that I find it absolutely amazing that I'm now able to communicate with Google staff directly. I greatly appreciate the opportunity. So, if I understand it correctly, at this point GAE is a product for internal corporate infrastructure rather than websites? Thanks a lot, Torsten

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