Django Google App Engine Skeletor

dj-gae-skeletor is a skeleton Django project handy for bootstrapping new empty projects hosted with Google App Engine

Features

Comes with:

• django-nonrel - Non-relational backend support for Django via the new multi-db SQL compiler layer.
• djangoappengine - Django backends for App Engine support.
• djangotoolbox - Small set of useful Django tools that are nonrel-compatible.
• django-autoload - Ensures loading of indexes or signal handlers before any request is being processed.
• django-dbindexer - Adds support for SQL features like JOINs to non-relational Django backends

Quick setup

Download Google App Engine SDK, unpack and add to PATH env variable.

# create symbolic link to webob in project dir (in this case project dir is dj-gae-skeletor)
ln -s <path_to_google_app_engine_sdk>/lib/<latest_webob>/webob webob

# run
python manage.py syncdb

# run
python manage.py runserver

# manage.py remote allows you to execute a command on the production database
# examples are:
manage.py remote shell
manage.py remote createsuperuser

• Any app or module should be added to project dir
• You can access datastore with: /_ah/admin/

Deploying

If you haven't created application yet, go to https://appengine.google.com/ and create one.

Use created app name in app.yaml under application property.

# run
python manage.py deploy

You will have to login with google account.

In case of server errors go to https://appengine.google.com/, choose app and then Logs link in sidebar.