Hi Chris, thanks for stopping by. *My need: Better libraries.*
What I liked about the Files API (and particularly in regards to the Blobstore) is that it made writing files so unbelievably easy. For example, in Java all I needed to do was get an instance of FileService, then I could write and read using openWriteChannel/openReadChannel. The Files API handled the dirty part of configuring access to the datastore, managing the write, etc. Frankly, I think the Files API is one of the best engineered parts of GAE* (give whoever wrote that API a raise and a promotion please!). * But you look at the javadoc for the Java Cloud Storage library, and it's an utter mess. See for yourself: https://developers.google.com/resources/api-libraries/documentation/storage/v1beta2/java/latest/ . For one, there's not enough examples. Two, I have to mess around with BucketAccessControls and Builders and a whole mess of things. Chris, I just want to write some files to persistent storage, I don't want to have to micromanage everything else and deal with extra fluff. I'll micromanage if I have to, but the Blobstore took care of that for me. Get the guy who wrote the Files API and put him to work on writing the GCS library. ----------------- -Vinny P Technology & Media Advisor Chicago, IL My Go side project: http://invalidmail.com/ On Saturday, June 8, 2013 1:04:23 AM UTC-5, Chris Ramsdale wrote: > a bunch of great feedback that we'll continue to address. in regards to > timeline, we have no plans of decommissioning this API before end of year. > that said, assuming the following: > > - App Engine <=> Google Cloud Storage performance is equivalent to (if > not better than) App Engine <=> Blobstore > - all blobs were auto-migrated over to Cloud Storage (free of charge) > - all existing URLs just worked > > what would keep you from migrating over to a Cloud Storage-based solution? > > -- Chris > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
