Book description
Build exciting, scalable web applications quickly and confidentlyusing Google App Engine and this book, even if you have little orno experience in programming or web development.App Engine is perhaps the most appealing web technology to appearin the last year, providing an easy-to-use application frameworkwith basic web tools. While Google's own tutorial assumessignificant experience, Using Google App Engine will helpanyone get started with this platform. By the end of this book,you'll know how to build complete, interactive applications anddeploy them to the cloud using the same servers that power Googleapplications.With this book, you will:
Get an overview of the technologies necessary to use Google AppEngine
Learn how to use Python, HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS),HTTP, and DataStore, App Engine's database
Grasp the technical aspects necessary to create sophisticated,dynamic web applications
Understand what's required to deploy your applications
Using Google App Engine is also an excellent resourcefor experienced programmers who want to acquire working knowledgeof web technologies. Building web applications used to be forexperts only, but with Google App Engine-and this book-anyone cancreate a dynamic web presence.
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Table of contents
- Preface
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1. Programming on the Web
- The Request/Response Cycle
- What Is Google App Engine?
- What Is a “Cloud”?
- Why Did Google Build App Engine and Give It Away for Free?
- What Is the Google Infrastructure Cloud?
- Enter the Application Engine
- Your Application Must Be a Good Citizen in the Google Cloud
- How the Cloud Runs Your Application
- Why You Really Want to Run in the Cloud
- The Simplest App Engine Application
- Summary
- Exercises
- 2. HTML and CSS
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3. Python
- What Is Programming?
- About Python
- The Essence of Programming
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Conditional Steps: A Number-Guessing Web Application
- Variables and Expressions
- Naming Variables
- Constants
- Handling Text Data Using Strings
- Using the String Library
- Types and Conversion
- Variables with Many Values at the Same Time: Lists
- Repeated Code: Loops
- Python’s Backpack: Dictionaries
- Looping Through a Dictionary
- Stored and Reused Code: Python Functions
- Turning Traceback to Our Advantage Using Try and Except
- Object-Oriented Python
- The Tao of Programming
- Summary
- Exercises
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4. Sending Data to Your Application
- Making an HTTP Request
- Hacking the HTTP Protocol
- The HTTP Protocol Standards
- Watching HTTP in Action
- HTML: Building a Form
- Sending Form Data to the Server Using POST
- Handling Form Data in the App Engine Server
- Sending Form Data to the Server Using GET
- App Engine Log
- Looking at All the Data Available on an HTTP Request
- Advanced: Multipart POST Data with File Upload
- Summary
- Exercises
- 5. The App Engine webapp Framework
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6. Templates
- Template Syntax
- Using the Templates from Python
- The Number-Guessing Game Using Templates
- Abstraction and Separation of Concerns: “Model View Controller”
- Building a Multiscreen Application
- Static Files in App Engine
- Generalizing Template Lookup with Multiple Templates
- Extending Base Templates
- Conditional Processing Templates
- Extending Our Application
- Syntax Errors
- More on Templates
- Summary
- Exercises
- 7. Cookies and Sessions
- 8. App Engine Datastore
- 9. JavaScript, jQuery, and AJAX
- 10. Running Your Application on the Google Infrastructure
- 11. Memory Cache
- A. Installing and Running Google App Engine on Windows XP
- B. Installing and Running Google App Engine on Windows Vista
- C. Installing and Running Google App Engine on a Macintosh System
- D. Installing and Running Google App Engine on a Linux System
- Index
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Using Google App Engine
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2009
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596800697
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