Programming Google App Engine with Python

✍ Scribed by Dan Sanderson

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This practical guide shows intermediate and advanced web and mobile app developers how to build highly scalable Python applications in the cloud with Google App Engine. The flagship of Google's Cloud Platform, App Engine hosts your app on infrastructure that grows automatically with your traffic, minimizing up-front costs and accommodating unexpected visitors. You'll learn hands-on how to perform common development tasks with App Engine services and development tools, including deployment and maintenance.

App Engine's Python support includes a fast Python 2.7 interpreter, the standard library, and a WSGI-based runtime environment. Choose from many popular web application frameworks, including Django and Flask.

Get a hands-on introduction to App Engine's tools and features, using an example application

Simulate App Engine on your development machine with tools from Google Cloud SDK

Structure your app into individually addressable modules, each with...