Python and the cloud
Day 3: Previously, I tried web.py. It’s cool. But my hosting does not provide python CGI support. Now what? I had heard that google’s cloud thing –> google app engine , that supports python. So I gave it a try,
- created google app engine account
- ran thru the “getting started”
Now, it hosts a python application.
The cool part is, it runs on google app engine also known as GAE ( does not sound so good 
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They have their own data store, the DJango like data model, GQL for accessing and querying the data, cool admin interface to do lot of things.
So I made this app http://hamro-app.appspot.com from the tutorials.
Now, later I found out, which is quite exciting for me, is that they support custom domain names, like i can use my own domain name to host the app, so the same app can be accessed through http://hamro-app.bipins.net . Its just a test app though. So, now I have python powered, highly scalable, web application / service. Thanks to app engine.
