Before starting with GAE

[Simone Ferlisi]

Hello everyone,

Before start deploying my web app for the first time I have a few questions for you, I appreciate any help 😄

1. The app is based on Java 8; I heard that's only a beta evironment for that, is it worth it? Any alternative to bypass this issue?
   
   
2. Is GAE projected for any kind of application? Even apps that requires a lot of resources like ERP software?
   

Thanks in advance!

[Chad Vincent]

1.  The App Engine Standard Environment only supports Java 7.  You need to use what used to be called "App Engine Managed VM", or now App Engine Flexible Environment.  It is in Beta, complete with a not-for-production-use and possible-breaking-changes warning.  However, I think people have been using it for a while, and they may be able to weigh in with stability of the APIs.

2. Cloud Platform can handle any kind of application.  Whether it is the best choice is very subjective.  I could see it doing very well with a web-based ERP or very, very poorly, depending on how the ERP is coded.  However, large reports and background tasks may be better handled by Compute Engine instead of one of the AppEngine environments.  It all depends on how you can break up tasks and how the pricing will fall out.

[Jeff Schnitzer]

Retrolambda works on the Standard Environment, and gives you the most critical feature of Java8:

https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda

(just be sure to run your CI system on java7 to ensure no unsupported 8-isms creep into production)

Jeff

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