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by Charles Ying

Google App Engine Adding XMPP and Background Tasks

February 6th, 2009

Google updated the App Engine roadmap this evening with huge news! XMPP, inbound / outbound email, and background tasks are coming to Google App Engine this year!

With these additions, a ton of new application possibilities open up! For example:

Instant Messaging, Real-Time Applications

XMPP opens the door to IM applications, and any applications that benefit from real-time updates (more so than just simple polling)

Micro-blogging, Email automatons

Inbound and outbound email opens the door to complete micro-blogging applications like Twitter and Jaiku as well as all sorts of email based automaton systems.

Game Simulation and Calendaring

Scheduled tasks and background processing open the door to persistent game state simulation, alerts, and calendaring. (for example… or maybe you just want to send reminders to pick up the milk)

Pretty cool stuff! Things are definitely going to heat up in 2009!

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3 Responses to “Google App Engine Adding XMPP and Background Tasks”

  1. Mike Says:
    February 8th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

    That’s gonna solve all the problems of my project.

  2. Matti Hiltunen Says:
    February 8th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    Yeah! Each and every one of these makes me a lot happier. Scheduled tasks and queues are a must, but XMPP really opens up all kinds of interesting opportunities.

  3. Hunter Reed Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 6:14 am

    microblogging is really useful when you want to broadcast short updates. i am still leaning towards traditional blogging..~,