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Google App Engine was released yesterday for Java. It provides the ability to deploy Java based web applications onto the App Engine, and provides a data store service (with JPA and JDO on top of it), memcached, and others. So, what I decided to do is try and get Compass integrated with Google App Engine to allow for easy full text search of Google App Engine apps (yea, the irony). Basically, it took me a couple of hours, and we have something ready to use.

What are the steps needed?

• Make your domain model searchable.
• Create a Compass instance. Configure it to store the index using GAE data store (there is also support for native Lucene applications). Configure it not to use threads.
• Create a Compass Gps, have it automatically mirror changes done using the JDO/JPA API to the search engine. Call index operation to completely reindex your application.

Thats it. Pretty simple no? Especially since these are the steps you use to enable any Java application with full text search using Compass .

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Merb is an MVC framework that is ORM-agnostic, JavaScript library agnostic, and template language agnostic, preferring plugins that add in support for a particular feature rather than trying to produce a monolithic library with everything in the core. In fact, this is a guiding principle of the project, which has led to third-party support for the ActiveRecord, DataMapper, and Sequel ORMs.

In addition, it means that the core code in Merb is kept simple and well organized. This has multiple benefits. It means it’s faster for one thing. It’s also easier to understand, maintain and extend.

Merb is already packed with good stuff; flexible routing, gem plugins, the provides API, part and mail controllers etc. To get a better idea check out the features.

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Top jobs list by programming skills (jobs per month):

PHP — 2,000
Flash — 1,000
Ajax – 600
ASP — 500
Java — 300

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U.S. — 857
Ukraine — 420
Russia — 348
Pakistan — 324
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