Got python installed in netbeans, and stand alone. Got friendfeed API lib and sample codes (had to manually cut and paste into local text files, there web versions had gunk/html mixed in). Installed google app engine code. Having some problems getting their code to compile with jython in netbeans, no luck with command line python builder either. Hair pull out exceeded for the night shutting down.
Vlad 8:42 pm on July 20, 2009 Permalink
Don’t pull your hair out – the morning always brings new light
messel 5:07 am on July 21, 2009 Permalink
Got some interesting feedback from the friendfeed developers. They said speed wise most apps are limited by data transfer rates and memory, independent of the coding language. So there’s no strong push for scala/java (faster) vs. python/rubyonrails. My gut instincts are leaning towards whatever works now but I’d like to leverage the faster web code scala/java if we do any heavy database processing (clustering) or fast visualization on the fly.
At this rate I’m going to learn at least the fundamentals of scala/lift, java, php, python, and ruby with mysql before we’re through.
messel 5:15 am on July 21, 2009 Permalink
Google app engine plugins for netbeans: http://ekschi.com/technology/2009/06/22/developing-for-google-app-engine-in-netbeans-ide/
messel 4:00 pm on July 21, 2009 Permalink
scala with GAE: http://www.eishay.com/2009/07/scala-on-google-app-engine-playing-it.html