On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:18 PM, ZTNXiLUzVm <sc4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am developing in App Engine with Python and I understand what Modules > are from reading the > documentation<https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/modules/converting>, > but I thought the process of splitting your code into multiple scripts and > mapping them in the app.yaml file was supposed to accomplish the same > thing. Does splitting the code into multiple scripts not actually do > anything except make the code more organized? > You may be getting a little confused from the terminology. A Python module ( https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html ) is a file containing Python code. As you said, splitting up your app into different files helps with organization, code reuse, and so forth. An App Engine module is completely different and not related to the concept of Python modules except in the most generic way. It's true that GAE modules help with code organization, but it's much more than that. Each module tends to be a fully featured application or self-contained service: for example, one module is a web site, another module implements the API, yet another supplies the backend heavy-lifting logic, and so forth. GAE modules also supply other benefits: logs are separated and you can specify different instance sizes. ----------------- -Vinny P Technology & Media Advisor Chicago, IL App Engine Code Samples: http://www.learntogoogleit.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
