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How to get a Web Application to communicate between users
I am developing a multipalyer web Application for Anti-Chess. It would be hosted on Google App Engine.
I have a few questions:
How do I get two different users who have opened the webapp on their ...
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Is a predefined key enough security when performing HTTP requests between two secure servers?
I have an AdWords script that regularly transfers sensitive data to my server using a POST HTTP request. For security I have a predefined 32 character randomized string that is verified by my server ...
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j2ee implementing security and using a framwork pros and cons
I'm a newbie to j2ee security, and i'm not j2ee expert either, though i'm really willing to put some effort and learn I've an application that i'm about to develop on Google App Engine (GAE) --with ...
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Google App Engine, what are the advantages and limitations?
First, does anyone know a specific advantage of Google App Engine for Python Apps?
Is there some advantage over Heruko or Appfog?
And about the database API?
Now, what about the limitations?
Are ...
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On Developing Web Services with Global State
I'm new to web programming. I'm more experienced and comfortable with client-side code. Recently, I've been dabbling in web programming through Python's Google App Engine. I ran into some difficulty ...
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Google App Engine: How to be notified when APIs change or become available?
I am thinking about writing a GAE app but am a little hesitant because the EULA gives Google full rights to change their APIs anytime they want, for any reason. Obviously, they'd be out of business ...
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How to manage many mobile device users at server side?
I built a social Android application in which users can see other users around them by GPS location. At the beginning thing went well as I had low number of users, but now that I have increasing ...
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How do CDNs protect failover sites from DDoS attacks?
I'm in the design process for a Java web app that I will probably end up deploying to Google App Engine (GAE). The nice thing about GAE is that I really don't have to worry about fortifying my app ...
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Why .NET and C# are not available on Cloud Platforms?
I checked Google App Engine and Heroku but both don't support .NET/C# applications. Even though Google App Engine shows support for Windows Azure, but in the supported languages it doesn't show C# or ...
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How would you create a mobile (android) offline wiki site?
My apologies in advance if this is not a good forum for this question; pointers to others happily accepted.
On the off chance it matters, I'm not going to commercialize this idea or anything; if ...
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Web application - database design/infrastructure
I have just begun development of a web application (that will be deployed using Google app engine), without going into the specifics, the web app will allow users to deploy a small website of their ...
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Does the $100 Google Apps Marketplace Fee Apply To All My Developers or Just Me?
On the Google Apps Marketplace Vendor Listing page, Google says the following:
Google charges a one-time fee of $100 for submitting your first listing.
I've searched Google Groups and other ...
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Java or Python for Google App Engine not knowing either language?
I have a few project ideas that I'd like to deploy on GAE. I'm interested in developing a logging application for amateur radio contacts, shortwave, and utility monitoring. More complex projects ...
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What are the rules for permissible names on google app engine?
When I create a new application, and I am choosing a name, most common dictionary words appear to be unavailable, along with even some of the more esoteric ones including 'aaaaaa' (I've tried variable ...
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Client/Server Application Using Google App Engine
Can someone please advise me what is the possible solution of using GAE to make a Client/Serer Application?
As far as I know, GAE is designed to do web applications. What I want to do is to have a ...
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Google's App Inventor is no longer available for Mobile App development… any alternatives?
I noticed that the Google App Inventor has been shut down (not their website, but if you try their actual software you get a notice).... I'm trying to create a very simple interactive android app with ...
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Is Google App Engine's level of support robust enough for real-world production?
Google App Engine has been great for trying out ideas and learning stuff, but so far I haven't seen much confidence in the community in using it for production applications.
One significant issue ...
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How to be successful in a 24h game hackathon? [closed]
In a few weeks me and my team will go on a full 24h game hackathon. They will give as game theme at the start of hackathon and we are allowed to use any programming ...
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How can I gather client's data on Google App Engine without using Datastore/Backend Instances too much?
One of the projects I'm working on is online survey engine. It's my first big commercial project on Google App Engine.
I need your advice on how to collect stats and efficiently record them in ...
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How do I find test users for my Chrome extension with Google App Engine back end?
I am new to developing Chrome extensions and I used Stack Overflow to ask many questions and got great answers. I finally finished a beta version and uploaded it to Chrome store only for test users. ...
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How should I communicate the specifics of cloud computing (as compared to other)
A meeting today went well where I explained that cloud computing which one of the persons recognized was something else than a traditional RDBMS and I said that cloud computing is that everthing is ...
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TTS on App Engine
I have written a small front-end to the Festival TTS system using Python/Django. I wish to deploy it on the Google App Engine cloud. A few questions:
My application uses the Festival app ...
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Google Plugin for Eclipse and Python [closed]
Is it currently possible to develop for Google App Engine in Eclipse using both the Java languages and Python (Not together, but as different application types in Eclipse)? I've been able to set up ...
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Can I deploy a Google App Engine application to my own server?
I am getting started in web application development and am considering using Google App Engine. It's great that I can deploy the web app to the Google servers, but is that my only option? Can I use an ...
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Windows Azure vs GAE vs AWS - for process based application
I am writing an application that will crawl web pages and analyze data, and I'm wondering if I can host this as a cloud-based service.
The main reason I'm looking at cloud hosting is that users may ...
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App Engine SDK Dev transition to Google Plugin for Eclipse
I'm trying to understand the transition people make with their apps in the App Engine SDK and how/why/what they move to the Google Plugin for Eclipse. It seems you can create a web application using ...
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is GAE an infrastructure capable of hosting an app used by millions of active users?
I would like to know with the restrictions of GAE listed below, is it even possible to build a great social app (like Facebook) by hosting that app on GAE?
In other words is GAE an infrastructure ...
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SaaS / PaaS / IaaS / HaaS
I've read:
IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Terms Clearly Explained and Defined and
Cloud Computing – Demystifying SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
And I've got 2 questions:
Is Google App Engine considered PaaS or IaaS?
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How do cloud platforms-as-a-service measure CPU time?
I'm currently assessing Google App Engine, and one of the answers from Hidden limitations of Google App Engine? stated:
Performance will surprise you. GAE is
optimized for many tiny queries and
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Oracle owns Java but Google is using Java?
Ok, I don't get it. What does "Oracle owns Java" mean?
Google is definitely using Java in Google App Engine, does that mean that Google have to pay Oracle for doing so?
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What Are The Best Practices for Managing Version Strings in Google App Engine Apps?
In Google App Engine, you can upload up to 10 different versions on your appspot project. For instance, if I have a project called example, the URL would be:
http://example.appspot.com
Each version ...
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Google App. Engine for RoR and Python apps
I fairly understand that this Q+A site is programmers destination and questions on hosting are not permitted here, but anyone who has heard of Google's App. Engine is well aware that this question is ...
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What is the best way to find a python google app engine coach? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find programming mentor?
i'm a software engineer and have been building Google App Engine apps with Python for about a year. I have a pretty good familiarity with ...
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Clojure Web Application: EC2 or GAE?
I am developing a web application written in Clojure using the Compojure framework. My question is, should I deploy to Amazon EC2 or Google App Engine?
I've read this article on running Clojure code ...
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Just wondering about “Do-It Yourself Apps” on the internet versus apps written by us developers
I have been doing Objective-C programming over the past few weeks, and I have learnt a lot. However, I see that there are other Web-companies offering services to consumers directly from their website ...
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How should calculations be handled in a document database
Ok, so I have a program that basically logs errors into a nosql database. Right now there is just a single model for an error and its stored as a document in the nosql database.
Basically I want to ...
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Thoughts of Cloud Development/Google App Engine
I use mainly PHP for web development, but recently, I started thinking about using Google App Engine. It doesn't use PHP which I am already familiar with, so there will be a steeper learning curve. ...
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What's the cheapest way to host hobby projects?
What's the best place to put your hobby web projects(the web app itself, not the code) ? Typically, the projects are such that:
a) I just want to test out an interesting idea without exploring the ...
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Google App Engine — should we use it? [closed]
I'm considering using Google App Engine for an online matchmaking (and possibly ranking, not sure) of users in a (currently hypothetical) RTS game. However, I just read this bad review, which has made ...
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Google App Engine for Node.js/Javascript?
It seems that Google App Engine and GWT is focused on Java.
Will Google ever be using Node.js/Javascript on server/client side instead of abstracting it away with Java?
Then we don't need a Java ...
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Do you think that GAE alone is enough to justify learning Python over Ruby?
Considering the fact that you don't have to get involved in setting up/buying a server or even buying a domain, do you think that fact alone is enough to choose one over the other?
I don't ...
