feel free to ask more questions as you learning things! cfh
On Friday, February 8, 2013 2:54:46 PM UTC-8, Riccardo C wrote: > > Thanks a lot for all these informations. It seems I have a lot to learn ;) > > > > On Wednesday, 6 February 2013 20:54:21 UTC, howesc wrote: >> >> Riccardo, >> >> some answers: >> >> - i "backup" the source code of my app by using HG or GIT. >> - google offers data backup via google cloud storage. you can see >> options for this in the google app engine web admin console >> - yes it is possible to download GAE data. you'll have to download >> database data into a CSV file and then do an import into your other >> system. google has instructions for bulk export/import of data. >> - if you use the GAE blobstore for large images, copying all that data >> out is a little harder, but is doable. i've done it for small projects. >> - yes, to change any code you have to re-deploy your app to GAE. using >> the GAE SDK you can view changes locally in real time (no reload >> required). this kind of thing is good development practice in general >> (having a test environment and a production environment) >> - yes you can do queries like the one you mention above. there are >> restrictions for more complex queries. you can read the google docs for >> this. (or post most specific questions when you hit a roadblock) >> - no the web2py web admin interface is not available. logs are provided >> buy the GAE web console. >> >> For what it's worth, i love GAE. i'm running several apps, one of them >> gets over 2.5 million HTTP requests a day and works really well. there is >> some differences between GAE and "traditional" hosting, but once you learn >> the rules it's a fun playground to play on. >> >> good luck! >> >> christian >> >> On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:17:28 AM UTC-8, Riccardo C wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> As in the title I'm an absolute beginner... now I'd like to see my app >>> online. Probably it would be more correct to say that I would learn to >>> deploy for choosing then the hosting for my app. >>> I think that using Gae would be the best solution (for a beginner) but I >>> was not able to find an answer to these questions (I apologise if some of >>> them might seem trivial to you): >>> >>> - I read that I will not have access to the file system. How to do a >>> backup of the app? >>> - let say that I want to test the "image gallery" example and >>> after a couple of day I want to download all the photos uploaded... >>> would >>> it be possible? what is possible to do? >>> - Would it be easy to move in the future the web app to another >>> hosting service without loosing (db data and static file)? >>> - I would to change a single view file... what should I do? >>> reload all the app? >>> - From the web2py doc "No complex datastore queries. In >>> particular there are no JOIN, LIKE, and DATE/DATETIME operators." >>> - would I still be able to ask the database, for example, << tell >>> me all the post in the database BEFORE Jan 2010? >> >>> - Would I have the admin web interface available? >>> - based on the previous questions, do you suggest to use/evaluate >>> another hosting? which one? >>> >>> Thanks for your help and patience....please if there is already an >>> answer to those questions (and I was not able to find it in the forum) >>> please just point me to those existing thread. >>> >>> Riccardo >>> >> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
