I agree that people who approach App Engine for the first time get quite confused about how to make Django "work" on GAE. There are too many options. Even after

I agree that people who approach App Engine for the first time get quite confused about how to make Django "work" on GAE. There are too many options. Even after evaluating, developers may not understand how round-peg/square-hole the problem is. I like some of the basic infrastructure that Django gives me, so I make use of `use_library()` Django 1.1 on App Engine. It's not "full" Django but I find it more palatable than WebApp and the parts of Django that fit GAE fit it well. Models, etc should be done directly on top of the GAE APIs, in my opinion. I think Guido's rietveld sample app is a good place to start if you're new to App Engine and want to use (the useful bits of) mainline Django.