Complete the (official) Python tutorial.
Review and execute the examples in the Getting Started with Python documentation for GAE.
Check out, review, and run the sample code for Tweet Relevance, as introduced in Appendix A.
Bookmark and spend a few minutes browsing PayPal’s official documentation.
Take some time to explore the GAE development console. It provides extensive options for interacting with objects persisted in the data store, an interactive console, and much more. Familiarity with it is essential to efficient GAE software development.
All sample code for this book is available online at GitHub and is conveniently organized by chapter. Although much of the code is included in the text of this book so that it’s as instructional as possible, always reference the latest bug-fixed code on GitHub as the definitive reference for sample code. Bug tickets and patches are welcome!