This question possibly doesn't belong here. We'll see how the answers pan out, if this doesn't belong here please move it to where it belongs.

I'm following the getting started guide for Google App Engine, and I'm seeing what it can and can't do.

Basically, I'm seeing it's very similar to an MVC pattern. You create your model, then create a View that uses that Model to display information.

Not only that, but it uses a controller of some kind in this fashion:

application = webapp.WSGIApplication(
                                 [('/', MainPage)],
                                 debug=True)

My question is, why would you use this Google App Engine if it's the same as using a number of other MVC frameworks?

Is the only benefit you gain the load balancing being handled by Google automagically?

What is a good example of something you would need the App Engine for?

I'm trying to learn, so thanks for the discussion.