You can... but there are some limitations. For example, django's admin site, don't work using appengine You need to use db.Model, You need to use google.appengine.ext.db.djangoforms to validate forms... And some more ....
Btw, I think its better we discuss this using private messages, or at app-engine-django group (http://groups.google.com/group/app-engine-django ) :) I mean, maybe we are bothering the members, talking more about appengine, than django. On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Sector7B <[email protected]> wrote: > interestingly though, i guess my problem is still that i'm not able to > do the django way of things, which I thought was idea behind doing it > like this: > http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/appengine_helper_for_django.html > > On Jun 30, 7:30 pm, Sector7B <[email protected]> wrote: > > i was just coming to write that, lol. I opened up the code and read > > it! What a novel approach. > > > > Thanks for pointer, i'm going to try again. > > > > On Jun 30, 7:17 pm, Felippe Bueno <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > BaseModel extends db.Model :) > > > > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1720157/diference-between-appengin. > .. > > > > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Sector7B <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Thank you for your reply. I gave it a try, and it didn't seem to > > > > work. The helper project (according to the introductory article) has > > > > me using their "BaseModel", which I think is supposed to revert me > > > > back to using Django code. However there seems to be very little > > > > written beyond that article, although it is a good one. I went back > > > > to the site, they have a google group specifically for this set up, > > > > I'm going to post over to that group now. Thanks again. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > On Jun 30, 3:12 pm, Felippe Bueno <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think (THINK) you problem is with the db.Model > > > > > > > Take a look athttp:// > > > > code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/datastore/queryclass.htm... > > > > > > > < > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/datastore/queryclass.htm.. > > > > .>You > > > > > will see that db.Model don't have the filter method, db.Query have > it. > > > > > You need to do some think like: > > > > > a = XItUser.all() > > > > > a.filter('xit_nickname =', 'awesome') > > > > > > > I'm not sure if there is another way.... > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Sector7B < > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, I'm using django on google appengine using this: > > > > > > > http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/appengine_helper_for_django. > > > > .. > > > > > > > > So I have my models, and I can load my pages and templates, and > > > > > > started to do some rudimentary object creates and gets inside the > > > > > > shell (python manage.py shell) and my views to get a feel for the > > > > > > API. Immediately Im coming across errors, which seem weird since > > > > > > their so simple, and right out of the sample docs. (http:// > > > > > > > docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#topics-db-queries) > > > > > > I'm guessing i have setup or import problem? Or I'm missing > something > > > > > > major with the appengine way of things, but I am under the > impression > > > > > > after the setup it should run the same. Either way maybe someone > can > > > > > > tell me better. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > j > > > > > > > > >>> b = XItUser(xit_nickname="awesome") > > > > > > >>> b.save() > > > > > > datastore_types.Key.from_path(u'XItUser', 2L, _app=u'xitforme') > > > > > > >>> b > > > > > > XItUser(**{x_user': None, 'xit_nickname': 'awesome'}) > > > > > > >>> x = XItUser.objects.filter(xit_nickname="awesome") > > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > > > > File "<console>", line 1, in <module> > > > > > > File ".../models.py", line 37, in __getattr__ > > > > > > return getattr(self.owner, name) > > > > > > AttributeError: type object 'XItUser' has no attribute 'filter' > > > > > > >>> x = XItUser.objects.get(xit_nickname="awesome") > > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > > > > File "<console>", line 1, in <module> > > > > > > TypeError: get() takes exactly 2 non-keyword arguments (1 given) > > > > > > >>> x = XItUser.objects.filter(xit_nickname__iexact="awesome") > > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > > > > File "<console>", line 1, in <module> > > > > > > File ".../models.py", line 37, in __getattr__ > > > > > > return getattr(self.owner, name) > > > > > > AttributeError: type object 'XItUser' has no attribute 'filter' > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > > > Groups > > > > > > "Django users" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]<django-users%[email protected]> > <django-users%2bunsubscr...@google groups.com> > > > > <django-users%2bunsubscr...@google groups.com> > > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > > "Django users" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<django-users%[email protected]> > <django-users%2bunsubscr...@google groups.com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<django-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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