AE-BaseApp is a multi-platform app-engine base-app created by Mark Finch to assist developers looking to build their first applications leveraging Google's Cloud Infrastructure. AE-Python is loosely based on the video from Brett Slatkin introducing Google App Engine at Google IO 2008.

The AE-Python version of AE-BaseApp uses the Python Language along with the webapp2 Framework to provide a simple application base to launch new Google App Engine Applications from.

Features of version 4 include ad provider integration, examples of how to use basic templates, access the datastore to create and read, user authentication & registration.

• Version 1
  • Ad-Sense Integration
  • Basic Template Usage
  • Access the Datastore to create and Read
• Version 2
  • Updated to Python 2.7
  • Updated to Webapp2
  • Configured for High Replication Datastore
  • User Authentication
    • Google
    • OpenID
  • Basic User Registration
  • Basic Application Security
  • Basic Ad-Provider Framework
  • Basic Admin Framework
  • Basic Authentication Decorator
• Version 3
  • Date/Time Conversion from UTC
  • User Profile Time Zone Picker
  • Admin Default Time Zone Selector
  • Store User IP from Headers
  • Email Account Validation
  • Strip Shouts to remove formating and scripts
  • Error Pages (eg 404...)
• Version 4
  • Swapped PYTZ for GAEPYTZ
  • db.Model Upgrades
  • Transition to MVC Design Pattern
  • Changed the default time zone in profile.html to Los Angeles
  • Added Info Email Address and Processing
  • Added Gravatars to Email and Shouts
  • Added Django Template Filters
  • Updated env_vars.py to set a default ad_provider and default_tz
  • Basic JavaScript form validation
  • Add Internal Validation

• Version 4
  • Add Shout update and delete functionality
  • Page Security (In Progress need to double check page access)

• Version 5
  • Shout Navigation
  • Add OpenID URL based Authentication
  • Add OAuth
  • Add Facebook Connect
  • Add Avatars beyond Gravatars
  • Migrate Info email attachments to blobstore
  • Navbar
• Planned Features
  • Application Logging
  • Error Handling
  • Compare Performance of Lazy Handlers
  • Add Docstrings to source files (PEP 257)
  • Update model to key based
  • Setup Memcahce
  • Add MarkDown or similar functionality
  • Cron job for cleaning profiles and validate data
  • Email Validation Manual Entery Form
  • Enable User Update and Delete Functionality
  • Search (by user, by content, by date)
  • Robust Admin Module
  • Geo Location (initial using location header, )
  • Add From Location
  • Add MiniMap popout
  • Integrate with Twitter / Facebook / ...
  • Rails style Flash Notice / Warning
  • Many many more!!!

• Google App Engine Python
• Google webapp2 Framework
• Django Templates
• Blueprint CSS Framework
• PyTZ Time Zone Framework

• THIS APP IS NOT PRODUCTION READY!!!
• Read the file ISSUES to see a list of known issues and resolutions.

There are no warranties expressed or implied. Use at your own RISK!

• Edit the app.yaml file to change the application name.
• Run the dev server.
• You will be greeted with a 500 Error, go to the /login page and login/create an admin user.
• Visit /admin page to setup the default environment variables.
• Go back to the home page and double check everything is working.
• Hack away, but remember you break it you bought it! wink [1][1]

AE-Python BaseApp source code is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Please check the file LICENSE to see other licenses that impact this project.

• [1] The corollary is you got what you paid for!