Ron is right: it's a mess. But I have a tried and true recipe for app engine python and java both. First, download the Linux cloud SDK (works fine on a mac). Th

Ron is right: it's a mess. But I have a tried and true recipe for app engine python and java both. First, download the Linux cloud SDK (works fine on a mac). Then download the python google appengine SDK. Put the appengine SDK inside the platform directory of the cloud SDK. Add this to your python path. I use this framework for Python: https://github.com/agostodev/substrate https://github.com/agostodev/substrate I use this Clojure template for Java: https://github.com/nickbauman/cljgae-template https://github.com/nickbauman/cljgae-template