Google App Engine for Java - a real live voyage to The Cloud
Abstract
Starting a greenfield project is your chance to give the latest, most hyped technologies a spin. What would you choose? Spring 3, GWT, JSF, maybe a dynamic language? Of course you'd want to get your development environment setup like a well-oiled machine - complete with testing, continuous integration, IDE support, and a shiny Maven or Ant build. Unfortunately, you'll also have to pull out that old dusty copy of Linux for Dummies to setup your development and production servers. Or will you?
Just for this talk, I'm developing a new, non-trivial application called "swagswap" on Google App Engine for Java. It's an app to categorize, rate, and trade swag (conference goodies). As we stroll through the code you'll experience the exhilaration of appengine development. I'll talk about the the pleasures, convenience, and the overall giddiness you feel when developing on this platform. With that come the pitfalls, limitations, and forced choices I had to either overcome or swallow whole.
The swagswap app will be live during the conference and will give vendors feedback on the quality of their swag. I will also publish performance statics so we can see how well appengine performs under the load of the swarms of Devoxx attendees.
Check out the source code at http://code.google.com/p/swagswap/.
categorize, rate, and trade conference swag at http://swagswap.appspot.com/
