Google App Engine

Google App Engine (GAE) is a fully managed Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables developers to build and host web applications and mobile backends on Google's scalable infrastructure. It abstracts away server management, offering automatic scaling and built-in services for data storage,…

Key facts

First appeared: 2008
Category: technology
Problem solved: Google App Engine was created to eliminate the operational burden of managing servers, load balancers, and scaling infrastructure for web applications. It allowed developers to deploy their code and have Google handle all aspects of hosting, automatic scaling, and infrastructure maintenance, enabling rapid development and deployment without DevOps overhead.
Platforms: Google Cloud Platform (Google's global infrastructure)

Related technologies

Ruby
Node.js
Google Cloud Firestore
Google Cloud Storage
Google Cloud Datastore
Python
.NET
Java
PHP
Go
Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Google Cloud SQL
Google Cloud Memorystore

Notable users

Wix (some backend services)
Snap Inc. (Snapchat)
The New York Times (archive projects)
Spotify (specific internal tools)
Khan Academy
National Geographic