Tag Archives: webapp

Dumb App Engine Shortcuts

I like using App Engine’s webapp framework. It’s very simple and similar to the web.py framework. However, simple tasks such as outputting data or rendering templates require way too much boilerplate text. For example, to output a rendered template, you must type:

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template_values = {
‘greetings’: greetings,
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Pastebin on Google App Engine

I made a pastebin using the webapp framework in Google App Engine. So far it supports about 11 types of syntax highlights, but I could add more if necessary. This is not as “feature-rich” as dpaste but it works. For some unknown reason, I decided to call it wepaste. Here are some sample highlights:

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