[socal-piggies] Bumming that I missed Google AppEngine Demo

[Rizwan Kassim]

Is there a recording / notes from this meeting?

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Todd Cranston-Cuebas
<geekhunter at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't believe that I missed the Google App Engine Demo! As some of you may
> know, I was working over at Google all last year on a contract which,
> unfortunately, came to an end. I've been tied up quite a bit getting used to
> my new gig and missed the last meeting. Although I'm not currently with
> Google, I'm incredibly excited over the prospects for python and the Google
> App Engine.
>
> For years I worked with companies who were mostly perl shops and having met
> with the leadership of the perl foundation I clearly pointed out that they
> need a better way to reach the masses. Without that mass appeal and a simple
> scaffolded way of introducing a language any language will begin to suffer.
> Ruby shows what can happen if you provide a relatively standardized,
> scaffolded framework (although if RonR has legs is still to be decided).
> Java doesn't have to worry about this since most colleges force the language
> as the defacto "standard." Another critical factor is web-enabling your
> application. In the past, python wasn't that easy in the sense that you had
> to go to special hosting services etc. to get a python account, and if
> you're not totally web savvy setting up your own system seemed like
> overkill. Let's face it, every cheap hosting account had PHP ready to roll
> and python was beat out there.
>
> App Engine gives a nice, simple, yet relatively powerful way for people to
> introduce themselves to python. I'm sure that all of the other languages out
> there are dying from jealousy. I have to admit, I'm completely excited about
> this in a way that I haven't been in some years. I'm not a full time
> programmer but I really like to dabble. Having App Engine take some of the
> rough edges off for me and abstract enough so I can simply focus on my goals
> is exciting. I'll let you know how my experiments work out ;)
>
> Todd
>
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