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Hi i am a developer that has been using Grails framework for 2 years.

Currently the company i work for is pushing for Google App Engine development. We are a very large retailer and already have ties with google products.

I still do not know much about Google App Engine development. From what i understand it seems that you have to develop with their Java SDK. Meaning your applications must be developed specifically for their hosting platform. I am not about to give up Grails, so am hesitant.

So questions:

  1. I would like to know if anyone has experance with trying to integrate Grails applications into Google AppEngine ?
  2. Is it possible to simply push a Grails project packaged as a war into Google AppEngine?
  3. I found this Grails AppEngine plug-in. But then i don't want my projects to depend on a plugin. Anyone used it?
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This is well covered in a duplicate question.

What it boils down to is that GAE places certain restrictions on what you can do with a Java application, so yes you are correct that you have to develop your application specifically for their platform. This is not a bad thing per se; Google's platform is designed for scalability so some constraints are necessary.

If you are really tied to Google's cloud platform, you might consider deploying Grails on Google Compute Engine, which is a more traditional virtual Linux server environment.

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