• Python runtime (http://www.python.org/download/).
• A Google App Engine account (http://appengine.google.com/).
• The Google App Engine SDK (http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads.html).
• The files for this tutorial (http://code-spot.googlecode.com/files/code-spot_0.1.zip).
• Your favourite web browser and general purpose code editor.

Below are some links to related web sites.

Links

Reference

http://appengine-cookbook.appspot.com/ Google App Engine Cookbook.

http://www.poromenos.org/tutorials/python Learn Python in 10 minutes.

http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/ Django template reference.

http://www.djangobook.com/en/1.0/chapter04/ Django templates from the Django book.

http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/rpc.html Using AJAX with Google App Engine.

http://aralbalkan.com/1318 Using Flash with Google App Engine.

Games on Google App Engine

http://www.ajaxbattle.net/ AjaxBattle is a multi-player real-time strategy game for 2 to 4 players. It is a web-based version of the old X-Windows game xbattle. Works best with Firefox 2.

http://uboggle.appspot.com/ uBoggle is a app to play Boggle – the popular word making game.

http://mnk.appspot.com/ This game lets users set up most types of x-in-a-row type games – can be played against another online player, or the computer.

http://gaesudoku.appspot.com/ Sudoku.

http://games.wtanaka.com/ Card and board games.

http://www.guessasketch.com/ A multiplayer game where players guess what other players draw.

http://achi.appspot.com/ A tic-tac-toe-like board game.

http://photomunchers.appspot.com/ and http://jamendogame.appspot.com/. These two games are really ways to get users to tag images and music, respectively. They illustrate how to tap into other networks.

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