Google App Engine開發(fā)

前言

The greatest single reason that the World Wide Web has been so widely used andadopted is because individuals are allowed to participate in the Web. People can pro-duce web Content and create a MySpace page or home pages provided by their schoolor organization and contribute their creativity and content to the Web. Free serviceslike Blogger, Flickr, Google Sites, Google Groups, and others have given us all an outletfor our creativity and presence on the Web——at no charge.For most of the life of the Web, if you wanted to have your own rich software-backedwebsite with data storage, your only choice was to purchase hosting services from anInternet Service Provider （ISP） and learn database management and a programminglanguage like PHP to build or run your software. Learning and paying for this muchtechnology was just beyond the reach of most web users, who simply had to accept thelimited features of MySpace, Blogger, or whatever system hosted their web content.In April 2008, Google announced a product called App Engine. When you write aprogram for the Web that runs on App Engine, your software runs on the Google serverssomewhere in the Google "cloud." It is as if you are a Google employee and you haveaccess to the entire scalable Google infrastructure. App Engine captures much of Goo-gle's experience of building fast, reliable, and scalable websites, and through App En-gine, Google is revealing many of the secrets about how its own applications scale to 'millions of users.The most exciting part of the Google App Engine announcement is the fact that it isfree for moderate levels of use. Every person with a Gmail account can have a numberof free applications running on the Google infrastructure. If your application becomesextremely popular and your traffic goes above the allowed levels of the free account,you can pay to use more of Google's resources. As your appli~:ation scales, Googleengineers and operations staff take care of all the hardware, data storage, backup, andnetwork provisioning for you.

內(nèi)容概要

即便你在編程或者Web開發(fā)方面只有很少或者沒有任何經(jīng)驗，使用Google APP Engine和這本書就能快速并且充滿自信地構建那些激動人心的可擴展Web應用。    App Engine幾乎是近年來最引人注目的Web技術，它提供了一個簡單易用的應用程序框架以及基本的Web工具。盡管Google自帶的教程已經(jīng)展示了主要的步驟，但是《Google App Engine開發(fā)》將會幫助任何人開始上手使用這個平臺。讀完本書你將學會如何構建完整的交互應用，并且將它們部署到和]Google搜索引擎使用同樣服務器的云中。    擁有這本書，你將會：縱覽Google App Engine相關必備技術；學習如何使用Python、HTML、層疊樣式表（CSS）、HTTP和IDataStore（App Engine的數(shù)據(jù)庫）；領會創(chuàng)建高級動態(tài)web應用的必備技術要點；掌握部署應用的前提要件。    《Google App Engine開發(fā)》同樣也是那些想要獲得Web開發(fā)技能的資深程序員的極佳參考資源。構建Web應用曾是專家們獨占的領地，但自從有了Google App Engine和這本書，任何人都能創(chuàng)建一個動態(tài)Web網(wǎng)站。

作者簡介

Charles Severance是密歇根大學信息學院的兼職助理教授。他也是IMS全球學習聯(lián)合會的IMS開發(fā)者網(wǎng)絡協(xié)調員。

書籍目錄

Preface1. Programming on the Web    The Request/Response Cycle    What Is Google App Engine？    What Is a "Cloud"？    Why Did Google Build App Engine and Give It Away for Free？    What Is the Google Infrastructure Cloud？    Enter the Application Engine    Your Application Must Be a Good Citizen in the Google Cloud    How the Cloud Runs Your Application    Why You Really Want to Run in the Cloud    The Simplest App Engine Application    Summary    Exercises2. HTMLandCSS    A Brief History of HTML and CSS    HyperText Markup Language （HTML）    A Well-Formed HTML Document    Validating Your HTML    HyperText Links （Anchor Tags）    Multiple Files    Lists in HTML    Specifying Styles Using CSS    Styling Tags with CSS    Exerting More Control over Markup    Validating CSS    Tools to Help You Work with css    Building the Navigation Menu    The CSS Box Model    Adding Navigation Hints for Users    Summary    Exercises3. Python    What Is Programming？    About Pyttion    Installing Python    The Essence of Programming    Input, Processing, and Output    Conditional Steps: A Number-Guessing Web Application    Variables and Expressions    Naming Variables    Constants    Handling Text Data Using Strings    Using the String Library    Types and Conversion    Variables with Many Values at the Same Time: Lists    Repeated Code: Loops    Python's Backpack: Dictionaries    Looping Through a Dictionary    Stored and Reused Code: Python Functions    Turning Traceback to Our Advantage Using Try and Except    Object-Oriented Python    Comments in Python    The Tao of Programming    Summary    Exercises4. Sending Data to Your Application    Making an HTTP Request    Hacking the HTTP Protocol    The HTTP Protocol Standards    Watching HTTP in Action    HTML: Building a Form    Sending Form Data to the Server Using POST    Handling Form Data in the App Engine Server    Sending Form Data to the Server Using GET    App Engine Log    Looking at All the Data Available on an HTTP Request    Advanced: Multipart POST Data with File Upload    Summary    Exercises5. TheApp Engine webapp Framework    A Trivial App Engine Application    An Equivalent Trivial webapp Application    The Handler Callback Pattern    Looking at the Handler Code    What Is "self" and Why Is It There？    Number Guessing Using the webapp Framework    Web Server Logs    Summary    Exercises6. Templates    Template Syntax    Using the Templates from Python    The Number-Guessing Game Using Templates    Abstraction and Separation of Concerns: "Model View Controller"    Building a Multiscreen Application    Static Files in App Engine    Referencing Static Files    Generalizing Template Lookup with Multiple Templates    Extending Base Templates    Conditional Processing Templates    Replacing More Than One Block in the Base Template    Extending Our Application    Syntax Errors    More on Templates    Summary    Exercises7. Cookies and Sessions    HTTP Cookies    Logging In and Logging Out Using Sessions    Installing the Simple Session Utility    Using the Session to Mark Login and Logout    Changing the User Interface for a Logged-In User    Summary    Exercises8. AppEngineDatastore    The Model-View-Controller Pattern    Defining Models    Adding a New Account Form    Adding a User Account    Looking Through the Datastore    Logging In and Checking Accounts and Passwords    Retrieving and Displaying Many Objects    Terminology: Different Types of Keys    References Between Data Models    Interactions Between Models    Pt/tting the Primary Key into Session    Adding the Chat Feature    Summary    Exercises9. lavaScript, jQuery, and AJAX    jquery    Create a View of the Chat Messages in HTML    Asynchronously Updating a

章節(jié)摘錄

插圖：Running an application in the cloud is kind of like flying business class across the PacificOcean between Australia and the United States. You are vaguely aware that you aregoing really fast inside of a highly complex device that you barely understand. Thepilots, crew, maintenance people, chefs, logistics staff, traffic controllers, and gateagents all are making sure that your trip happens efficiently and comfortably——and thatit is uneventful. All you know is that you sit in a recliner, watch a movie, eat a nice filetmignon, have a glass of red wine, lay the seat fiat, sleep for a few hours, and wake uprefreshed on a different continent.Why You Really Want to Run in the CloudYou might initially think that you don't want to run in the Google cloud because youwant to make your own decisions and control your own destiny. You might want torun your own servers in your own facility and make all the decisions about your ap-plication. Perhaps you just like walking into a server room and seeing the hardwarethat is running the application. Although this sense of control might sound appealingat first, it is really just a lot of trouble and energy that does not advance the cause ofyourapplication. Here are a few of the things that you have to worry about when yourun on your own servers: what operating system should I run？ What version of theoperating system is the most reliable？ When do I apply vendor patches （especially thosepesky security patches）？ How do I protect my system from intruders？ Do I need afirewall to protect my servers？ How do I monitor my servers to detect when an intrusionhappens and then how do I get notified？ How far do I have to drive to the server roomto reformat and reinstall the software at 4:00 a.m. so that it is back up by 10:00 a.m.？What database do I run？ What version？ What patches？ Should I upgrade the memoryof my database server, or should I add an additional disk to the RAID controller？ CanI use a single database server, or do I need to cluster several database servers？ How doesthe clustered database server get backed up？ How long does it take to restore mydatabase when there is a hardware problem with the database server's disk drives？ Howmany application web servers do I need？ I know that my application's peak usage isfrom 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. each day. Do I buy enough hardware to handle that peakload, or do I buy a little less hardware and just let the servers slow down a bit duringthe 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. period？ If my application is so popular that it is used bothin the United States and Europe, do I need to find a data center in Europe and put somehardware in Europe so that all the European users see a quick response time？ Whenshould I upgrade my hardware？ Should I add more hardware and keep the old hardwareor simply pitch the old hardware and install all new hardware？ How much energy doesmy hardware take？ Is there a way to reduce the energy footprint of my hardware？

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“《Google App EngiRe開發(fā)》使幾乎不可能的事成為可能，幫助我這個老家伙學習一些難以置信的相關技術訣竅。我在過去整個職業(yè)生涯中一直想要更好地掌握Web開發(fā)，自從有了這本書，夢想終于成真?！薄　　猂obert Glushko．學生，密歇根大學

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