Learning About Google App Engine

Documentation

• GAE Types and Property Classes

• Uploading and Downloading Data (for data backup)

Project Log

( 24 September 2009 )

• . Google App Engine and Django 1.0 installation .

• Following README and Using the Google App Engine Helper for Django (slightly outdated as the SDK now contains Django 1.0 or later).

• Using with Django, install locally:

svn export http://google-app-engine-django.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/  appengine_helper_for_django

cp -R appengine_helper_for_django <app_name>

• Edit app.yaml to use the correct app name.

• Create a new application:

python manage.py startapp <app_name>

• Test application:

python manage.py runserver
# Then visit location listed in output. 

• If you use the GoogleAppEngineLauncher then at this stage you should be able to add the new project/application to it. Then you should be able to deploy it successfully and get the default "Congratulations on your first Django-powered page" page.

• TODO: Also consider app-engine-patch

• Changes required to go from Django app to GAE-Django app: 1) Use 'BaseModel'; 2) Use 'Property' rather than 'Field'; '3) Add 'validator' rather than 'max_length' etc. (Not sure about 'unique'.)