I see a lot of google-app-engine questions from users mixing up the standard environment with the flexible environment, especially when it comes to documentation, often attempting to follow the wrong instructions, obviously with undesired results.
How can one easily tell which GAE environment a certain page is applicable to?
Most (if not all) of the GAE documentation is structured by the environment. When looking at a certain documentation page the environment is clearly indicated in several places:
docs/flexible
vsdocs/standard
strings in the doc page URLsExamples:
If the documentation page doesn't show the above mentioned patterns (for example if it's a page about some other Google Cloud product somehow related to the App Engine), then check about the App Engine feature being discussed and try to locate the respective GAE documentation.
What may also help with the distinction would be to check these guides putting the 2 environments and/or their features side by side:
Note: when multiple language versions are listed/mentioned under the standard environment (excepting
Node.js
) they refer to the 1st and 2nd generation standard environment, significantly different from each-other. You should also check the comparison and/or migration guides for these cases: