Index

A

• access
  • configuring / Configuring access
• Access Control List (ACL)
  • about / Uploading files to Google Cloud Storage
• action property / Handling forms
• Admin Console
  • URL / Uploading the application to App Engine, Backup and restore functionalities
• Ain't Markup Language (YAML) / The app.yaml configuration file
• ancestor query / Basic querying
• anonymous user
  • about / Views and templates
• API Explorer
  • REST API, testing / Testing the API with API Explorer
• api_version parameter / The app.yaml configuration file
• app.yaml configuration file / The app.yaml configuration file
• App Engine
  • application, uploading to / Uploading the application to App Engine
  • URL / Uploading the application to App Engine
• App Engine environment
  • URL / The services
• App Engine Launcher / App Engine Launcher
• application
  • dividing, into modules / Breaking our application into modules
  • Cloud SQL instance, connecting from / Connecting to the instance from our application
• application parameter / The app.yaml configuration file
• attachments parameter / Receiving users' data as e-mail messages

B

• backup
  • performing / Backup and restore functionalities
• Big Data / BigQuery
• BigQuery
  • about / BigQuery
• Blobstore API / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library
• Bootstrap
  • URL / Using static files
• buckets
  • about / Uploading files to Google Cloud Storage

C

• Channel API
  • working / Understanding how the Channel API works
  • channel / Understanding how the Channel API works
  • Client ID / Understanding how the Channel API works
  • JavaScript client / Understanding how the Channel API works
  • server / Understanding how the Channel API works
  • implementing / Making our application real time
• checked property / Transactions
• checklist_items property / Transactions
• cloud computing stack
  • Software as a Service (SaaS) / The cloud computing stack – SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) / The cloud computing stack – SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) / The cloud computing stack – SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
• Cloud SQL instance
  • creating / Creating a Cloud SQL instance
  • access, configuring / Configuring access
  • root password, setting / Setting the root password
  • connecting, with MySQL console / Connecting to the instance with the MySQL console
  • notes database, creating / Creating the notes database
  • dedicated user, creating / Creating a dedicated user
  • tables, creating / Creating tables
  • connecting, from application / Connecting to the instance from our application
• Cloud Storage
  • files, serving from / Serving files from Cloud Storage
• Cloud Storage Client Library
  • installing / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library
• composite data
  • arranging, with StructuredProperty / More on properties – arrange composite data with StructuredProperty
• Compute, Google Cloud Platform
  • Google App Engine / Hosting + Compute
  • Google Compute Engine / Hosting + Compute
• connections
  • tracking / Tracking connections and disconnections
• Content Delivery Network (CDN)
  • files, serving through / Serving files through Google's Content Delivery Network
  • images, serving / Serving images
  • other files, serving / Serving other types of files
• Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete (CRUD)
  • about / Reasons to use a REST API
• create_logout_url() method / HTML templates with Jinja2
• Cron
  • tasks, scheduling with / Scheduling tasks with Cron
• Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • about / Authenticating users with Django
• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) / Transactions
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM) / Receiving users' data as e-mail messages

D

• data
  • persisting, in Datastore / Persisting data in Datastore
  • loading / Loading and saving data
  • saving / Loading and saving data
• Datastore
  • data, persisting in / Persisting data in Datastore
  • models, defining / Defining the models
  • basic querying / Basic querying
  • transactions / Transactions
  • using / Advanced use of Datastore
  • composite data, arranging with StructuredProperty / More on properties – arrange composite data with StructuredProperty
  • properties / More on properties – arrange composite data with StructuredProperty
  • queries, using / More on queries – save space with projections and optimize iterations with mapping
  • NDB asynchronous operations / NDB asynchronous operations
  • caching / Caching
  • backup, performing / Backup and restore functionalities
  • restore functionality / Backup and restore functionalities
  • indexing / Indexing
• DB Datastore API / Persisting data in Datastore
• decode() method / Receiving users' data as e-mail messages
• dedicated user
  • creating / Creating a dedicated user
• delete() method / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library
• Denial-of-Service (DoS) / Services
• dependencies, Django
  • installing / Installing dependencies
• Development Console / Development Console
• development server
  • running / Running the development server
• disconnections
  • tracking / Tracking connections and disconnections
• Django
  • local environment, setting up / Setting up the local environment
  • virtual environment, configuring / Configuring a virtual environment
  • dependencies, installing / Installing dependencies
  • reusable application, creating / Creating a reusable application in Django
  • users, authenticating / Authenticating users with Django
• Django 1.7
  • used, for rewriting Notes application / Rewriting our application using Django 1.7
• Document Object Model (DOM) / Making our application real time
• Domain Name System (DNS) / Services

E

• e-mail messages
  • users' data, receiving as / Receiving users' data as e-mail messages
• endpoints, REST API
  • implementing / Implementing API endpoints
  • protecting, with OAuth2 / Protecting an endpoint with OAuth2
• entity group / Basic querying
• execute_transforms() method / Transforming images with the Images service

F

• files
  • uploading, to Google Cloud Storage / Uploading files to Google Cloud Storage
  • serving, from Cloud Storage / Serving files from Cloud Storage
• files, Notes application
  • uploading, to Google Cloud Storage / Uploading files to Google Cloud Storage
• form
  • adding, to upload images / Adding a form to upload images
• forms
  • handling / Handling forms
• Forms API
  • Notes application forms, processing with / Processing forms with the Forms API
• Foundation
  • URL / Using static files

G

• GCS Client Library
  • about / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library
  • installing / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library
• get_current_user() method / Authenticating users
• get_template() method / HTML templates with Jinja2
• Google App Engine / Hosting + Compute
  • about / What Google App Engine does
  • runtime environment / The runtime environment
  • services / The services
• Google Cloud Datastore / Storage
• Google Cloud Platform
  • about / Google Cloud Platform
  • URL / Google Cloud Platform
  • Compute / Hosting + Compute
  • Storage / Storage
  • Big Data / BigQuery
  • services / Services
• Google Cloud SQL / Storage
  • using, as database backend for Notes application / Using Google Cloud SQL as a database backend
• Google Cloud Storage / Storage
  • files, uploading to / Uploading files to Google Cloud Storage
  • Cloud Storage Client Library, installing / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library
  • form, adding to upload images / Adding a form to upload images
  • files, serving from Cloud Storage / Serving files from Cloud Storage
  • files, serving from Content Delivery Network (CDN) / Serving files through Google's Content Delivery Network
  • files, uploading / Uploading files to Google Cloud Storage
• Google Compute Engine / Hosting + Compute
• Google Developer Console
  • about / Google Developer Console
  • URL / Google Developer Console
  • project members, managing / Google Developer Console
  • APIs, managing / Google Developer Console
  • applications identity, managing / Google Developer Console
  • applications security, managing / Google Developer Console
  • filter service / Google Developer Console
  • cap service / Google Developer Console
  • Development Console / Development Console

H

• HTML templates
  • used, with Jinja2 / HTML templates with Jinja2
• HTTPS (HTTP Secure) / Uploading the application to App Engine
• HTTP verbs, REST API
  • defining / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code

I

• images
  • serving / Serving images
  • transforming, with Images service / Transforming images with the Images service
• Images service
  • images, transforming with / Transforming images with the Images service
• Immediately-Invoked Function Expression (IIFE) / The JavaScript code for clients
• in-context cache / Caching
• indexing / Indexing
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) / The cloud computing stack – SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
• installation, Django dependencies
  • about / Installing dependencies
• installation, virtualenv
  • about / Configuring a virtual environment

J

• JavaScript code
  • for clients / The JavaScript code for clients
• Jinja2
  • HTML templates, used with / HTML templates with Jinja2

L

• Linux
  • Python application, installing on / Installing on Linux
• listbucket() method / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library
• long jobs
  • processing, with task queue / Processing long jobs with the task queue

M

• Mac OS X
  • Python application, installing on / Installing on Mac OS X
• main.py application script / The main.py application script
• map() method / Mapping
• mapping / Mapping
• Memcache
  • about / Caching
  • using / Using Memcache
• migrations
  • about / Using Google Cloud SQL as a database backend
• migrations system
  • using / Using the ORM and migrations system
• models
  • defining / Defining the models
• modules
  • application, dividing into / Breaking our application into modules
• MySQL installation
  • used, for development / Using the local MySQL installation for development

N

• NDB (Next DB) Datastore API / Persisting data in Datastore
• NDB, caching levels
  • in-context cache / Caching
  • Memcache / Caching
• NDB asynchronous operations / NDB asynchronous operations
• Notes application
  • experimenting / Experimenting on the Notes application
  • rewriting, Django 1.7 used / Rewriting our application using Django 1.7
  • Google Cloud SQL, using as database backend / Using Google Cloud SQL as a database backend
  • reusable application, creating / Creating a reusable application in Django
  • views, implementing / Views and templates
  • templates, creating / Views and templates
  • users, authenticating with Django / Authenticating users with Django
  • ORM, using / Using the ORM and migrations system
  • migrations system, using / Using the ORM and migrations system
  • forms, processing with Forms API / Processing forms with the Forms API
  • files, uploading to Google Cloud Storage / Uploading files to Google Cloud Storage
• notes database
  • creating / Creating the notes database
• notification e-mails
  • sending / Sending notification e-mails

O

• OAuth2
  • REST API endpoints, protecting / Protecting an endpoint with OAuth2
• open() method / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library
• options parameter / Serving other types of files
• ORM
  • using / Using the ORM and migrations system
• owner_query() method / Basic querying

P

• parent / Basic querying
• parent key / Basic querying
• Platform as a Service (PaaS) / The cloud computing stack – SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
• post() method / Processing long jobs with the task queue
• projection queries / Projection queries
• pull queues / Processing long jobs with the task queue
• push queues / Processing long jobs with the task queue
• Python application
  • creating / Making our first Python application, Creating the application
  • downloading / Download and installation
  • installing / Download and installation
  • installing, on Windows / Installing on Windows
  • installing, on Mac OS X / Installing on Mac OS X
  • installing, on Linux / Installing on Linux
  • App Engine Launcher / App Engine Launcher
  • app.yaml configuration file / The app.yaml configuration file
  • main.py application script / The main.py application script
  • development server, running / Running the development server
  • uploading, to App Engine / Uploading the application to App Engine
• Python Imaging Library (PIL) / Transforming images with the Images service

Q

• queries
  • space saving, with projections / More on queries – save space with projections and optimize iterations with mapping
  • optimize iterations, with mapping / More on queries – save space with projections and optimize iterations with mapping
  • projection queries / Projection queries
  • mapping / Mapping

R

• redirect() method / Authenticating users
• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
  • about / Defining resource representations
• Representational State Transfer (REST)
  • about / Services, Reasons to use a REST API
• RequestHandler class / The main.py application script
• request timer / Processing long jobs with the task queue
• resources, REST API
  • defining / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • representations, defining / Defining resource representations
• response codes, REST API
  • defining / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • 200 OK / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • 204 No Content / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • 400 Bad Request / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • 404 Not Found / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • 401 Unauthorized / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • 405 Method Not Allowed / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • 409 Conflict / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • 503 Service Unavailable / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • 500 Internal Server Error / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
• REST API
  • using / Reasons to use a REST API
  • designing / Designing and building the API
  • building / Designing and building the API
  • resources, defining / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • URLs, defining / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • HTTP verbs, defining / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • response codes, defining / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
  • resource representations, defining / Defining resource representations
  • endpoints, implementing / Implementing API endpoints
  • testing, with API Explorer / Testing the API with API Explorer
• restore functionality / Backup and restore functionalities
• root entity / Basic querying
• root password
  • setting / Setting the root password
• runtime environment, Google App Engine / The runtime environment
• runtime parameter / The app.yaml configuration file

S

• script handlers / The app.yaml configuration file
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) / Uploading the application to App Engine
• server
  • implementing / Implementing the server
  • JavaScript code, for clients / The JavaScript code for clients
• services, Google App Engine
  • about / The services
  • Channel API / The services
  • Datastore backup/restore / The services
  • images / The services
  • mail / The services
  • Memcache / The services
  • modules / The services
  • scheduled tasks / The services
  • Task Queue / The services
  • URL Fetch / The services
  • users / The services
• services, Google Cloud Platform
  • about / Services
  • Translate API / Services
  • Prediction API / Services
  • Google Cloud Endpoints / Services
  • Google Cloud DNS / Services
  • Google Cloud Pub/Sub / Services
• set_cache_policy() method / Caching
• Software as a Service (SaaS) / The cloud computing stack – SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
• SQL statement
  • id column / Creating tables
  • user_id column / Creating tables
  • operation column / Creating tables
  • date column / Creating tables
• stat() method / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library
• static file handlers / The app.yaml configuration file
• static files
  • using / Using static files
• Storage, Google Cloud Platform
  • Google Cloud Storage / Storage
  • Google Cloud SQL / Storage
  • Google Cloud Datastore / Storage
• StructuredProperty
  • composite data, arranging with / More on properties – arrange composite data with StructuredProperty
• Subversion (SVN) / Installing Cloud Storage Client Library

T

• tables
  • creating / Creating tables
• tasklets
  • about / NDB asynchronous operations
• task queue
  • long jobs, processing with / Processing long jobs with the task queue
  • push queues / Processing long jobs with the task queue
  • pull queues / Processing long jobs with the task queue
• tasks
  • scheduling, with Cron / Scheduling tasks with Cron
• template context / HTML templates with Jinja2
• templates, Notes application
  • creating / Views and templates
• threadsafe parameter / The app.yaml configuration file
• title property / Transactions
• transactions, Datastore / Transactions

U

• URLs, REST API
  • defining / Resources, URLs, HTTP verbs, and response code
• urlsafe() method / More on properties – arrange composite data with StructuredProperty
• users
  • authenticating / Authenticating users
• users' data
  • receiving, as e-mail messages / Receiving users' data as e-mail messages
• users, Notes application
  • authenticating, with Django / Authenticating users with Django

V

• version parameter / The app.yaml configuration file
• views, Notes application
  • implementing / Views and templates
• virtualenv
  • installing / Configuring a virtual environment

W

• Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) / The runtime environment
• Windows
  • Python application, installing on / Installing on Windows

X

• XMLHttpRequest (XHR) / The JavaScript code for clients