You can use one GAE app for everything, the only reason you would want more than one application is the case where there will be another owner, and in that case I don't think you would want sharing the same data
So my advice is that you design everything for one app from the beginning You can do something like if request_url == sth show this elif request_url ==sthselse show that On Apr 19, 3:10 pm, Dean Chalk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > We are about to undertake a re-write of a large and successfull > bespoke ecommerce system currently running in a standard hosted > enviromment (dedicated servers) written in Microsoft ASP.NET (3 years > ago). > > We want the new version to run in the cloud, and utilise a 'NoSql' > type solution for data storage. We are currently considering using > either Google App Engine or Windows Azure. > > We've played with both platforms, and would prefer to build a python- > based app on top of Google App Engine, as the developement and > deployment overhead seems more favourable for a fast-evolving > application (like we have). > > The solution in its entirety consists of an 'Administrative' web > application for order processing, and 1 or more independant 'selling' > websites where visitors can place orders and pay for them. Our current > site has 3 'selling' sites but this will grow to at least 9. > > Currently all websites are deploted on the same dedicated servers, and > share data model code and use the same connection credentials to a > central SQL server database. > > Windows Azure Table Storage will meet our data requirements as any > number of applications can be configured to securely access the same > data store. However, we have just discivered thet the data store for > Google App Engine doesnt support this. We've seen work-arounds with > 'versions' but with 10 or more applications being deployed as > different versions of the same application seems very fragile, and > likely to cause many problems. > > Does Google App Engine have a secure mechanism for sharing data > betwewen applicaitons (other than having to build a whole REST service > infrastructire in Python) > > Inability to support our needs will be a show-stopper for us with > respect to using Google App Engine, which will be a shame as in every > other way we are very impressed. > > Dean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
