Building Google Cloud Platform Solutions

Standard environment

App Engine's standard environment was the original implementation of App Engine. While the platform has undergone many changes since the original implementation, many of the core design principles and features remain the same. App Engine standard is what many would consider a more traditional implementation of PaaS. App Engine controls the environment at a very high level. Applications are developed more or less specifically to run on App Engine. Flexibility is, at times, sacrificed in the name of convenience.

The App Engine standard environment is very aware of the language and implementation details of your service. Application architecture will need to conform to standards. Long-running tasks are best broken out into ...