ordinaryman

http://creator.ifreetools.com, an online database app builder, is built from the ground up for hosting on Google App Engine.

I believe Google sending you an email asking..

  Can Google Wallet schedule your weekly/monthly/periodic shopping list 
  for the following items from <your-regular-store>?

  - <item-1> - <quantity>
  - <item-2> - <quantity>
  - ..

  [Yes, schedule now] [No] [Change item-list and schedule]

..should be the eventual evolution of such a service.

I am working on such an app over Google App Engine, which also integrates well with other Google services..

iFreeTools Creator : http://creator.ifreetools.com

Similar thoughts from last year.. http://rrajkumar.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/why-freemium-prici...

Software is turning into a commodity and will eventually be priced like one.

I am working on such an app over Google App Engine, iFreeTools Creator : http://creator.ifreetools.com

Requires nothing more than a Google/Google-Apps user account to get going.

You can define Entities ("table"/"sheets") and Attributes ("columns"/"fields") to get working with your database app within a few minutes.

Integrates with Google Contacts (import/upload), Google Docs (attach docs to database records), Google Maps (mark and search for records based on geographic location). Google Calendar (export events/tasks-like data) and email integration are coming up later.

The web-app can be mapped to your own domain like http://app.yourdomain.com (using Google Apps).

Other features include :

  - Authorization Profiles for fine grain access control up to field level.
  - Custom Views to filter data matching your criteria.
  - Custom Actions for single click edits.
  - Automated Audit of all write operations
  - Bulk Export & Import of data as CSV files.
  - Support for drop-down choices, 
      look-up fields (references) and 
      image fields (with auto thumbnails for list view)
  ..and more.

Hope you like it. Feedback welcome.

For developers who need to provide mobile access to their hosted apps, this event makes it easy to decide on a path with regard to "Native apps / Web apps ?" question.

May be the question is : Why does HN need to use ClickPass for OpenID which wants access to my Google Contacts ?

Check here : "Clickpass harvests users’ address books".. http://blog.teampatent.com/2009/03/30/clickpass-harvests-add...

Edit : updated with link.

To add to it, it is not that I want to switch from GAE to AWS now. But, to know that it will be easier in case I need to, makes it good news.

I also believe competition which facilitates such migrations not only validates the space and the standard (write for GAE, you can host it on Google or on AWS), but also helps drive innovation and service levels.

Seems Amazon wants to fight it out with Google, by matching the new services with Google App Engine's free quota.

$0.10 per thousand in SES -> $0.0001 per email recipient // Same as in GAE.

You can send 2,000 messages for free each day when you call Amazon SES from an Amazon EC2 instance directly or through AWS Elastic Beanstalk. // Same as in GAE.

This, along with the recent AWS Elastic Beanstalk release and Amazon's intent of making Java hosting easy and without restrictions (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2119104) all point to the day when I will be able to upload my Python app on GAE directly onto a pre-configured Amazon service (possibly making use of AppScale or TyphoonAE), which internally uses all these new services with free quotas.

Check out iFreeTools CRM : http://crm.ifreetools.com

Or you can build a custom CRM app, using iFreeTools Creator : http://creator.ifreetools.com .

With iFreeTools Creator, you can either import the entities and attributes which you require from the CRM data-model : http://code.google.com/p/crm-apps-datamodel/ or define your own data-model too.

// I write code for this app.

I believe Google Code is only for open-source projects.

If you would like to have a simple app which can align more with your requirements, you can build one online in a few minutes, using iFreeTools Creator.

Check out: http://blogs.ifreetools.com/2010/03/building-simple-bug-trac...

The overview of the steps involved..

- Edit App Settings to re-brand, set time-zone, etc.,. (optional)

- Add Bug Entity

- Add Attributes for Bug

- Start using the Bug Tracker

Sadly so, even for some CS graduates (at least here in India).

Personally though, recursion helps me in recruitment process as this is a quick test to filter candidates.

I am not sure if an app running on a different cloud platform like (Google App Engine / Azure / etc.,) can make use of Database.com and still provide decent response time to user requests.

This service will be helpful for pre-generating reports having queries which span across multiple tables (JOINS) and which can use aggregate queries (SUM/COUNT/MAX/MIN/etc.,.), both of which are currently not possible with Google App Engine's BigTable. But with Google already working on full-featured SQL database support (http://code.google.com/appengine/business/roadmap.html), I don't think I will use it for such an use-case too.

I am working on such an app, over Google App Engine.. http://creator.ifreetools.com

Sample walk-through :: Building a Store Locator type Google Maps app over GAE, using iFreeTools : http://blogs.ifreetools.com/2010/11/building-store-locator-t...