thirdparty/google_appengine/README
author Todd Larsen <tlarsen@google.com>
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:50:42 +0000
changeset 168 87296bdfc9c6
parent 149 f2e327a7c5de
child 686 df109be0567c
permissions -rw-r--r--
Added getSingleIndexedParamValue() that retrieves an index into a list of values from the named query parameter, and then indexes into the supplied list of values to return the corresponding value from the list. Used to convert numeric index query parameters passed by POST to the GET redirect target, so that the GET code can display messages, etc. (without passing the message itself as a query argument and having to escape it or have silly people pass in their own...).

Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
All rights reserved.

App Engine SDK - Development tools for Google App Engine

CONTENTS
========

   * Installing on Mac OSX
   * Installing on Windows
   * Installing on Linux and other platforms
   * Running the SDK
   * Using the SDK


INSTALLING ON Mac OSX
=====================
1) Download and install Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/
2) Download the SDK installer from http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads
3) Install the SDK by double-clicking on the GoogleAppEngine.dmg file and 
running the installer.


INSTALLING ON WINDOWS
=====================
1) Download and install Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/
2) Download the SDK installer from http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads
2) Install the SDK by double-clicking on the GoogleAppEngine.msi file and 
running the installer.


INSTALLING ON LINUX AND OTHER PLATFORMS
===============================
1) Download and install Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/
2) Download the SDK zip file from http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads
3) Unpack the zip file.


RUNNING THE SDK
=========================
You can run the SDK with the following command:

dev_appserver.py [options] <application root>

Application root must be the path to the application to run in this server.
Must contain a valid app.yaml or app.yml file.

Options:
  --help, -h                 View this helpful message.
  --debug, -d                Use debug logging. (Default false)
  --clear_datastore, -c      Clear the Datastore on startup. (Default false)
  --address=ADDRESS, -a ADDRESS
                             Address to which this server should bind. (Default
                             localhost).
  --port=PORT, -p PORT       Port for the server to run on. (Default 8080)
  --datastore_path=PATH      Path to use for storing Datastore file stub data.
                             (Default /tmp/dev_appserver.datastore)
  --history_path=PATH        Path to use for storing Datastore history.
                             (Default /tmp/dev_appserver.datastore.history)
  --require_indexes          Disallows queries that require composite indexes
                             not defined in index.yaml.
  --smtp_host=HOSTNAME       SMTP host to send test mail to.  Leaving this
                             unset will disable SMTP mail sending.
                             (Default '')
  --smtp_port=PORT           SMTP port to send test mail to.
                             (Default 25)
  --smtp_user=USER           SMTP user to connect as.  Stub will only attempt
                             to login if this field is non-empty.
                             (Default '').
  --smtp_password=PASSWORD   Password for SMTP server.
                             (Default '')
  --enable_sendmail          Enable sendmail when SMTP not configured.
                             (Default false)
  --show_mail_body           Log the body of emails in mail stub.
                             (Default false)
  --auth_domain              Authorization domain that this app runs in.
                             (Default gmail.com)
  --debug_imports            Enables debug logging for module imports, showing
                             search paths used for finding modules and any
                             errors encountered during the import process.
  --disable_static_caching   Never allow the browser to cache static files.
                             (Default enable if expiration set in app.yaml)



USING THE SDK
=======================
For instructions on getting started with Google App Engine, please see the 
Google App Engine Getting Started Guide

http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/gettingstarted