Google app engine 1st Application

Hello Everyone,

Now we are going to run our first application in google app engine.

1. Select new project from File Menu , new project as PyDev Google App Engine Project.

2. Specify the name of project "Helloworld"

3. Select google app engine ' s home directory usually /home/user/google_appengine

4. Create a new file named helloworld.py and add the following contents to it.



import webapp2
class MainPage(webapp2.RequestHandler):
def get(self):
self.response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/plain'
self.response.write('Hello, webapp2 World!')
app = webapp2.WSGIApplication([('/', MainPage)],
debug=True)

5. Now crate configuration file named app.yaml , add following contents to it.

application: helloworld
version: 1
runtime: python27
api_version: 1
threadsafe: true
handlers:
- url: /.*
  script: helloworld.app

6. Now right click on project , and click on run. You can see output at http://localhost:8080