Google App Engine Java and
GWT Application Development
Build powerful, scalable, and interactive
web applications in the cloud
Daniel Guermeur
Amy Unruh
Google App Engine Java and
GWT Application Development
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About the Authors
Daniel Guermeur is the founder and CEO of Metadot Corporation. He holds a
Diplome d'Ingenieur of Informatique from University of Technology of Compiegne
(France) as well as a Master in Photonics from Ecole Nationale Superieure de
Physique of Strasbourg (France). Before starting Metadot in 2000, he worked for oil
services companies including giant Schlumberger Ltd where he was in charge of
improving the worldwide IT infrastructure.
He has been developing large scale database-backed web applications since the very
beginning of the democratization of the Internet in 1995, including an open source
software content management system Metadot Portal Server, Mojo Helpdesk, a web-
based customer support application and Montastic, a popular website monitor service.
Thank you to my daughter Alexandra Guermeur and Cheryl Ridall
for their love and continuous support while writing this book. This
meant a lot to me. Cheryl, I miss you.
Amy Unruh currently does technology training and course development, with
a focus on web technologies. Previously, she has been a Research Fellow at the
University of Melbourne, where she taught web technologies and researched
robust distributed agent systems. She has worked at several startups, building web
applications using a variety of languages; served as adjunct faculty at the University
of Texas; and was a member of the Distributed Agents Program at MCC. She received
her Ph.D. in CS/AI from Stanford University, in the area of AI planning, and has a BS
degree in CS from UCSB. She has numerous publications, and has co-edited a book on
Safety and Security in Multiagent Systems.
Thanks to Moon, and to Wesley and Eleanor Unruh, without whose
love and support this book would not have been possible. And
thanks also to Daniel, for getting us started!
