Using Django 1.0 on AppEngine:

from google.appengine.dist import use_library
use_library('django', '1.0')

Here's how to use Django 1.0 from AppEngine.

from google.appengine.dist import use_library
use_library('django', '1.0')

Another django port - supports the django admin interface.

Django templatetags uses a little bit of magic to import the libraries from all the INSTALLED_APPS list in settings.py.

Generic Views in Django

Quoted: Writing Web applications can be monotonous, because we repeat certain patterns again and again. In Django, the most common of these patterns have been abstracted into “generic views” that let you quickly provide common views of an object without actually needing to write any Python code.

Quoted: This is a living document of best practices in developing and deploying with the Django Web framework. These should not be seen as the right way or the only way to work with Django, but instead best practices we’ve honed after years of working with the framework.

Interesting thread from this summer, Guido trying to make sure Django 1.0 would work on AppEngine, and Kaplan-Moss responding.

A nice explanation of Django's core development process and issue ticket handling.

Quoted: Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.