Archive for April, 2011


Experience using Google App Engine, Spring MVC and Flex

April 12, 2011. Posted by Andy Hulstkamp in Actionscript 3, Google App Engine, Spring, flex 4. 4 Comments »
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I had a look at Google App engine and some of the new features in Spring 3 (MVC).

I decided to create a platform for city ratings and –rankings. I polished the whole thing a bit in the hope to attract some visitors. I wonder if I can get some peaks in traffic to see how this service will perform in GAE under load outside of a stress test.

To see what I’m talking abput, a first version is up and running at CityClash.org. To read about my experience with Google App Engine read on after the screenshot.

Building CityClash.org involved a couple of interesting aspects towards Google App (more…)