title: Deploying Grails applications in Google AppEngine
body: <p>Hi i am a developer that has been using Grails framework for 2 years. </p>
  
  <p>Currently the company i work for is pushing for Google App Engine development. We are a very large retailer and already have ties with google products.</p>
  
  <p>I still do not know much about Google App Engine development. 
  From what i understand it seems that you have to develop with their Java SDK. 
  Meaning your applications must be developed specifically for their hosting platform.
  I am not about to give up Grails, so am hesitant. </p>
  
  <p>So questions:</p>
  
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  <li>I would like to know if anyone has experance with trying to integrate Grails applications into Google AppEngine ?</li>
  <li>Is it possible to simply push a Grails project packaged as a war into Google AppEngine?  </li>
  <li>I found this <a href="http://www.grails.org/plugin/app-engine" rel="nofollow">Grails AppEngine plug-in</a>. But then i don't want my projects to depend on a plugin. Anyone used it? </li>
  </ol>