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Cron job-like functionality could previously be implemented on GAE through a hack. Further reading: http://groups.google.com/group/httpmr-discuss/browse_threa

Cron job-like functionality could previously be implemented on GAE through a hack. Further reading: http://groups.google.com/group/httpmr-discuss/browse_thread/thread/1648611a54c01aa http://groups.google.com/group/httpmr-discuss/browse_thread/... http://code.google.com/p/gaeutilities/wiki/Cron http://code.google.com/p/gaeutilities/wiki/Cron http://schedulerservice.appspot.com/ http://schedulerservice.appspot.com/

gr366 18y ago
Nevertheless, it's encouraging to see Google officially support what many consider an essential tool in running modern web applications. It's also helpful to have cron integrated with the GAE dashboard, so I can see everything scheduled to run and the result of the last run. The release came at the perfect time for me, the day after I launched an app that requires regular update tasks to run in the background. It was a boon to simply add a yaml file to my app and not have to hack the functionality in.