App Engine 1 7 7 Released
App Engine 1 7 7 Released 3 weeks following our last release, the App Engine team is happy to announce 1.7.7. We plan to deliver our Google I/O release next month. Outbound sockets moved to Preview Outbound sockets is now in preview in this release for Java and Python . With outbound sockets, billing-enabled App Engine applications can now make outbound connections with TCP or UDP sockets. This allows developers to build applications that weren�t previously possible on App Engine, such as IMAP or DNS clients. In the Python runtime, we�ve added support for the Python SSL Library , so you can now open secure connections to remote services such as Apple�s Push Notification service. Similarly, Java developers can now use the javax.net.ssl package to make outbound SSL connections. Java 7 runtime upgraded to General Availability The App Engine team is committed to quickly releasing features to General Availability. You may recall we announced tha...