Google App Engine in the grand scheme of things
Bùi Thành Nhân
- IT Alumn
- Former IT Club Vice President
- Former Sysadmin / Web developer at:
- Cogini
- Silicon Straits Saigon
Why I'm here
GAE
The Platform
A typical web sysadmin todo list
- Install language runtime (php)
- Install web server (apache, nginx)
- Install & start database server (MySQL, Postgres)
- Install framework (cake, yii, lavarel)
A typical web sysadmin todo list
- Failure management?
- Security?
- Scalability?
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
- Download GAE SDK
- Run command
- BAM!
Alternatives?
- Heroku
- Openshift
GAE
The Web Framework
Microframeworks
- Flask
- webapp2 (GAE)
"Full" frameworks
- Django
- Rails
Microframeworks
- Router
- Request/Response wrappers
- Pick your own plugins
"Full" frameworks
- Opinionated MVC
- Builtin ORM, templating system, etc.
- Convention over configuration
- Industrial standard... most of the time
Conclusion
Thanks for listening :)
nhan@nerdyweekly.com
Google App Engine in the grand scheme of things