Google App Engine Now Supports Java

ae_gwt_javaIt only took a year (not bad) but now in addition to Python, Google App Engine now supports Java. This will be a huge boost to App Engine as it opens the service to a wider range of developer. I’ve played around with a few apps but I lacked the Python language knowledge to really create anything of substance.


Eclipse Plugin for App Engine


  • Create applications for both GWT and App Engine

  • As-you-type code validation and syntax highlighting

  • Run and debug (within Eclipse) applications locally

  • App Engine deployment

  • Support for JUnit (with datastore also!)


AppEngine Java SDK

  • Support for Java 5 & 6 (Awesome!)

  • Command line access to Google App Engine

  • Dev web server to local testing. The server simulates the runtime functionaltiy of App Engine and all of its services including the datastore

  • ANT scripts for common development tasks

  • Implementations of JDO and JPI for access to the datastore (includes a query engine)

  • Cron and Memcache support

  • Authenticate user via Google Accounts

  • Uploads via CSV to the datastore

**Here’s a list of what are supported and not supported.

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