App Engine support

[nztomas]

Hi there, how hard would be to add App Engine support? I'm mainly java dev but keen on trying GO and have experience with App Engine - had a quick look into database package and seems to me like I would need to add just a new impl for GAE datastore and then somehow inject differenet database impl into main code - is that right or are there any other catches?

[kabukky]

Hi nztomas,
that would be the first and probably biggest step. I think it should be done with future Postgres and MySQL support in mind - meaning that switching between db drivers should be a matter of one line, and most (if not all) of the databse package can be used with every one of those drivers. Should be possible with SQLite/MySQL/Postgres. I don't know about GAE as I haven't worked with it much yet (just briefly in Python about two years ago).

Other catches that come to mind:

• Uploading images to GAE (currently saved to the file system in the server/admin.go/apiUploadHandler function.
• How will themes and plugins be uploaded/updated/used? Can you just put new files into content/themes or content/plugins?

However, I think that work would pay off as that would be a great feature (hosting a (low volume) blog for free would be easy that way).

[ltomes]

I am also interested in GAE support

[mikewen]

GAE support would be great

[AliCollins]

Is this now more likely to be possible with the removal of limitations in https://blog.golang.org/appengine-go111?