Featured Article: Extending Model Properties

Rafe Kaplan - August 29th, 2008

Occasionally, the types provided in the DB library are not adequate for representing a new piece of information and it would be nice if you could write your own types. This article will tell you what you need to know to get started making your own properties.

About App Engine

Google App Engine Campfire One

Text and video of the Campfire One summit on Google App Engine

Transaction Isolation in App Engine

Explanation of transaction isolation in the Google App Engine Datastore

Application Administration

Understand Application Quotas with Google App Engine

Overview on the types of quotas for your application, and how events are counted with respect to those quotas

Configuring Your App's Authentication

Gives instructions on how to set up authentication options for your application

Deploying Your Application on a Google Apps Domain

Gives instructions on how to set up your application to be deployed on a Google Apps domain

Frameworks

The Django Form Validation Framework on Google App Engine

Constructs a Shopping List application using the Django Form Validation Framework

Running Django on Google App Engine

Details how to get a simple Django project started with Google App Engine

Using the Google App Engine Helper for Django

Details how to start a larger Django project using the Google App Engine Helper for Django

How-To

Retrieving Authenticated Google Data Feeds with Google App Engine

Use the Google Data Python client library to read in your application

Uploading Data with Bulk Data Uploader

Details how to bulk upload data and make it searchable with Google App Engine

Serving Dynamic Images with Google App Engine

Details how to dynamically store and serve images with Google App Engine

Logging Events in Your Application

Details how to use the Python logging module to record application events and later review those logs in the admin console

Using AJAX to Enable Client RPC Requests

Outlines steps needed to implement RPC requests with App Engine

Modeling Entity Relationships

Explains the basics of modeling entity relationships

Configuring Eclipse on Windows to Use With Google App Engine

Takes you through the steps to configure Eclipse on Windows using PyDev

Updating Your Model's Schema

Strategies for updating your model's schema with Google App Engine

Examples

An Open Source App: Rietveld Code Review Tool

An open source app for managing Subversion code reviews

App Engine and Other Google Developer Products

Using the YouTube Data API with App Engine and the Python client library

In this tutorial I will demonstrate how to use the YouTube Data API in conjunction with App Engine and the Python client library. I will cover everything from basic feed retrieval, to search and finally to video uploads.

Desktop gadgets and App Engine

Learn how to build client/server applications using Desktop gadgets in tandem with App Engine.

Building an OpenSocial App with Google App Engine

Need to add some server side logic or data storage to your OpenSocial app? Google App Engine provides a scalable solution for your backend and you still don't need to set up and maintain your own servers.