We can now pay for services in the Google App Engine if we use resources beyond the free quotas. This is an amazing and very welcome development. I figured it would take longer. The timing is nicely positioned for the next Google Developer conference (Google I/O).
Here is the documentation on the new billing options including a video.
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/billing.html
In May, free quotas will be reduced to 6.5 hours of CPU time per day 1 Gigabyte of bandwidth per day. That is not too big of a deal and makes sure that the free stuff stays free. Quota URL:
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/quotas.html
Here is the Google I/O URL in case you want to go to it (academics get in for $50.00).
http://code.google.com/events/io/
And if you want to purchase a book on developing for Google App Engine (pre-order for now):
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596800697/
The author of that book is a really cool guy. If you pre-order the book but just cannot can’t wait for the book to come out in print, a rough draft of the book is available here:
http://www.appenginelearn.com/
This is great fun. Let the games begin.