Google Compute Engine available for everyone, App Engine adds PHP

Re:Google Compute Engine available for everyone, App Engine ... by bradleyjg on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @05:17PM (#5714997)

You can host HTML, javascript and CSS files to be run in the browser on GAE already, and have been able to do so since day 1.

What you can't do is run javascript server side. Given the unique requirements of server side javascript, and the fact that the single dominant implementation is maintained by a competitor in this exact space, it isn't a great fit.

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Re:Google Compute Engine available for everyone, App Engine ... by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @07:17PM (#5715768)

> Given the unique requirements of server side javascript, and the fact that the single dominant implementation is maintained by a competitor in this exact space, it isn't a great fit.

Google already has a cloud based, server-side, javascript platform in Apps Script, and has purchased at least one company that operated a JavaScript PaaS, so its not like doing JavaScript serverside is out of Google's reach if they strategically wanted to do it.

I can see why, given the mass of PHP apps out there, PHP might be a priority for App Engine given what App Engine already supports, but I can't see JavaScript as having a significant barrier to practicality.

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Re:Google Compute Engine available for everyone, App Engine ... by salimmadjd on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @06:21PM (#5715430)

Serverside. Not static client side files.

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