Appendix E. Django on the Google App Engine
This appendix introduces you to porting your Django application to the Google App Engine, a scalable Web application platform that is based in part on Django and embodies many Django features. Although we try to cover the basics, we cannot go over every aspect of this technology; you can find links to more information at the end of the appendix.
There are several ways of developing apps with App Engine with a varying degree of “Django-ness:”
- A new/pure App Engine app
- An existing Django app ported to App Engine
- A new Django app written specifically for App Engine
The first method uses only the (minimal) Django features and components that come with every App Engine application—we discuss these in the ...
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