My personal experience: For small applications I've gave up the server at all. All you need is mydomain.com and a Google site. Registering at name.com have an initial automated setup for google site. >From this point on you already own a site (hosted by Google) with all the services you might need to run a small community. One of those services can be the Google App Engine application. Now, you can develop the application. I've learned python to the level that fits my needs (certainly not a pro). The documentation is quite reasonable.
Of course, the application can be attached to another domain provided that you have domain administration authorization and the registrar is supporting the functionality. (I never did it) In brief: zero cost, no server, straightforward implementation and lots of fun. On Apr 6, 10:33 pm, NewUser <justin.tus...@gmail.com> wrote: > I run a small club and maintain the member roster which contains > names, email, and phone numbers. This information is stored in a > Google Spreadsheet that I have full access to. > > I'm trying to build a front end GUI I can use at our meetings. This > app needs to be accessible via web. It will have a sign in window > which takes your last name. It will search for your last name, display > your info, allow you to correct it, then mark you as present and > return to home. If it doesn't find your last name it will add you as a > new member and then return to home. > > The spreadsheet is hosted via Google Apps. I don't own the web server > so I can't add the Google API libraries to it. I *might* be able to > install a local copy of PHP and use the Google Apps PHP API. > > My question is: What's the easiest way toaccomplish > > accomplish this? > > Some brainstorming I've done: > 1) Install a local copy of PHP on my web server. Use PHP and <form> > tags to build the GUI. Use the Google Spreadsheet PHP APi to modify > the spreadsheet. > 2) Could I build a local Java version on my computer then somehow > transfer this to a Java applet and have Google Apps Engine host my app > for me? (I'm pretty unclear on how Java vs Java applet vs Google Apps > Engine works) > > Notes: > I've never used Python but I could learn. Would I need to add Google > API libraries to the python install on my web server? > I looked at the built in scripting present in Google Spreadsheets but > it doesn't offer GUI design as far as I can tell. > > I'm not a web developer but I am a hobby programmer and I'm new to > Google API so could someone point me in the right direction? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
