Concepts

App Engine for Python Concepts

• An Overview of App Engine

  An explanation of App Engine services, the building blocks of App Engine applications

• The Python Runtime Environment

  A description of the Python standard environment for App Engine and how it works.

• How Requests are Handled

  How requests to your application are understood and handled within App Engine.

• How Requests are Routed

  How HTTP requests from users and other applications can be routed using dispatch files.

• How Instances are Managed

  A description of how App Engine instances are managed and scale dynamically to meet demand.

• Access Control

  Set access control using roles at the project level.

• Application Security

  Steps you should take to identify vulnerabilities and protect your application.

Microservices on App Engine

• Microservices Architecture

  An explanation of App Engine application architecture for building a microservices-based application.

• Developer Environment

  Creating QA, test, dev, and prod environments with microservices.

• Contracts, Addressing, and APIs

  Connecting microservices to each other in App Engine.

• Best Practices for Performance

  Structuring your microservice application for peak performance and reduced latency.

• Migrate an Existing App

  Migrating an existing monolithic app to a microservices architecture.

Cloud Storage

• Cloud Storage Features

  A description of Cloud Storage features, including ACLs, buckets, and object storage.

Datastore Features on App Engine

• Overview

  A description of the NDB Client Library for App Engine.

• Entities and Keys

  Understanding entities and keys in App Engine.

• Queries

  Structuring queries for the NDB Client Library

• Properties

  Understanding properties in Datastore.

• Writing Property Subclasses

  Structuring property subclasses for the Datastore.

• Projection Queries

  Understanding projection queries in Cloud Datastore.

• Transactions

  Atomic operations in Datastore.

• Administration

  Administering and managing Datastore from the Cloud console.

• Asynchronous Operation

  Performing asynchronous operations using Async APIs.

• Caching

  Understanding how the NDB Client Library caches data for your application.