The Python Runtime Environment

App Engine applications are implemented using the Python programming language. The App Engine Python runtime environment includes a specialized version of the Python interpreter, the standard Python library, libraries and APIs for App Engine, and a standard interface to the web server layer.

For more information about Python, see the Python website and the Python documentation.

This chapter has the following sections:

• Requests and CGI
• The Sandbox
• Pure Python
• App Caching
• Logging
• The Dev Web Server