Finally the rumors have been confirmed and silenced, once and for all. Google http://www.programmerfish.com/category/app-engine-google/’ target=’_blank’>http://www.programmerfish.com/category/app-engine-google/’ target=’_blank’>App Engine team announced on their blog:

Today, we’re very excited to announce the availability of a new programming language for Google http://www.programmerfish.com/category/app-engine-google/’ target=’_blank’>App Engine. Please welcome the Java runtime!

This news has just swept across the Java developer community and is definitely going to gather more steam on the http://www.programmerfish.com/category/app-engine-google/’ target=’_blank’>http://www.programmerfish.com/category/app-engine-google/’ target=’_blank’>App Engine in the coming weeks. The team admitted that they have to cut some corners as not ALL of the available libraries could be hosted on http://www.programmerfish.com/category/app-engine-google/’ target=’_blank’>http://www.programmerfish.com/category/app-engine-google/’ target=’_blank’>App Engine but the support news itself is enough to get the developers coding! http://www.programmerfish.com/category/app-engine-google/’ target=’_blank’>http://www.programmerfish.com/category/app-engine-google/’ target=’_blank’>App Engine team team would be personally present on the upcoming Google I/O in San Francisco and would love to meet developers in person to hear their code-tales Stay tuned.