<DIV><p>As a cloud computing service, Google App Engine does more than provide access to a large system of servers. It also offers you a simple model for building applications that scale automatically to accommodate millions of users. With this updated edition of <i>Programming Google App Engine</i>, you'll get expert practical guidance that will help you make the best use of this powerful platform. Google engineer Dan Sanderson shows you how to design your applications for scalability, including ways to perform common development tasks using App Engine's APIs and scalable services.</p><p> You'll learn about App Engine's application server architecture, runtime environments, and scalable datastore for distributing data, as well as techniques for optimizing your application. App Engine offers nearly unlimited computing power, and this book provides clear and concise instructions for getting the most from it right from the source. It's ideal for intermediate and advanced web developers familiar with Java or Python.</p><ul> The second edition features: <li>Complete coverage of all of Google App Engine's latest features, including backends, task queues, web sockets (channels), and the blobstore. </li><li>Major updates for changes to the App Engine datastore, memcache, URL fetch, and the Python and Java runtime environments. </li><li>New fully-tested sample code and best practices. </li><li>Added material on testing your app for functionality and performance. </li></ul></div>