GAE is really the perfect "my first web app" platform. It just works right out of the box. No need to setup your environment or dependencies to get a web app ru

GAE is really the perfect "my first web app" platform. It just works right out of the box. No need to setup your environment or dependencies to get a web app running locally, and then it's equally trivial to host it on the internet. After learning the basics of web development using GAE, I've since moved on to other platforms like RoR and NodeJS. But GAE still holds a special place in my heart.