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Simple development of App Engine apps using Cloud SQL - Introducing Google Plugin for Eclipse 2.5
Monday, December 19, 2011
Since we added SQL support to App Engine in the form of
Google Cloud SQL
, the Google Plugin for Eclipse (GPE) team has been working hard on improving the developer experience for developing App Engine apps that can use a Cloud SQL instance as the backing database.
We are pleased to announce
the availability of
Google Plugin for Eclipse 2.5
.
GPE 2.5 simplifies app development by eliminating the need for manual tasks like copying Cloud JDBC drivers, setting classpaths, typing in JDBC URLs or filling in JVM arguments for connecting to local/remote database instances.
GPE 2.5 provides support for:
Configuring Cloud SQL/MySQL instances
Auto-completion for JDBC URLs
Creating database connections in Eclipse database development perspective
OAuth 2.0 for authentication.
Configuring Cloud SQL/MySQL instances
App Engine provides a local development environment in which you can develop and test your application before deploying to App Engine. With GPE 2.5, you now have the ability to configure your local development server to use a local MySQL instance or a Cloud SQL instance for testing. When you choose to deploy your app, it will use the configured Cloud SQL instance for App Engine.
Auto-completion for JDBC URLs
GPE 2.5 supports auto-completion for JDBC URLs, and quick-fix suggestions for incorrect JDBC URLs.
Creating database connections in Eclipse database development perspective
The
Eclipse database development perspective
can be used to configure database connections, browse the schema and execute SQL statements on your database.
Using GPE 2.5, database connections are automatically configured in the Eclipse database development perspective for the Development SQL instance and the App Engine SQL instance.
You can also choose to manually create a new database connection for a Cloud SQL instance. In GPE 2.5, we have added a new connection profile for Cloud SQL.
GPE 2.5 now uses
OAuth 2.0
(earlier versions were using OAuth 1.0) to securely access Google services (including Cloud SQL) from GPE. OAuth 2.0 is the latest version of the OAuth protocol focussing on simplicity of client development.
Can’t wait to get started?
Download GPE
here
and write your first App Engine and Cloud SQL application using GPE by following the instructions
here
.
We hope GPE 2.5 will make cloud application development using App Engine and Cloud SQL a breeze. We always love to hear your feedback and the
GPE group
is a great place to share your thoughts.
Posted on behalf of the Google Plugin for Eclipse Team
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