In this chapter, we covered a high-level introduction into the fully managed application platform App Engine. Working in this environment illustrates many of the usual infrastructure tasks related to development are performed automatically without recourse to the developer.
In general, GAE deployment is a fully managed activity that requires very little interaction to build, host, or execute code. The environment typically consists of a load balancer, a compute tier, and a services layer, all working in tandem to provide an integrated application platform. GAE provides a low-effort development environment built to do much of the heavy lifting for developers.
Now we have a general understanding of the App Engine environment. The next chapter will focus on introducing code samples to flesh out our experience and skill level.