This page defines App Engine-specific terms and concepts.
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Administration Console
- A web-based user interface for managing your application. You can use it to create new apps, change which version of your application is serving, and perform tasks such as viewing error logs and analyzing client requests. You can also use the administration console to administer your Datastore, manage task queues, and test new versions of your app.
Ancestor
- A Datastore entity that is a parent of another entity.
Ancestor Query
- A query over a single entity group using the key of a parent entity. By default, the results of such a query are strongly consistent .
Apache Ant
- A third-party Java library used to build and test your App Engine applications. While Apache Ant is not a Google tool, App Engine's Java SDK includes a set of Ant macros to perform common App Engine development tasks, including starting your development server and uploading your apps to App Engine.
AppCfg Command Line Tool
- The appcfg.py command uploads new versions of your code, configuration, and static files for your application to App Engine. You can also use this command to manage Datastore indexes and download log data.
appengine-web.xml
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appengine-web.xml
is a required configuration file for Java applications. At a minimum, this file specifies the application ID and version.
Application ID
- Your application ID