Google App Engine Netbeans Plugin

Owned by MichaelS
Oct 02, 2013
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This document covers installing the Google App Engine Netbeans Plugin.  This page has attatchments for the files to download with reference links to the originals (since the originals could change due to versions).

Step-by-step guide

  1. Download the google app engine java sdk (ref)
  2. Download google app engine netbeans plugin (ref)
  3. Unzip appengine-java-sdk 
  4. Unzip nbappengine
  5. Open netbeans, click on tools -> plugins -> downloads
  6. navigate to nbappengine directory and select all nbm
  7. right click on services (next to files tab) and select Google App Engine
  8. it will prompt for google app engine directory, select the directory you unzipped it to (appengine-java-sdk)
  9. download guest book sample (ref) the one that comes with it doesn't work due to outdated code due to update to google app engine sdk
  10. import guestbook2.zip into netbeans project (file -> import project -> from zip)
  11. click on the run button
  12. A web page should open, but the URL will be wrong.  Just type localhost:8080 in the url
  13. To deploy to google app engine - right click on the project and select Deploy to Google App engine
  14. Enter your credentials (requires that you already setup google app engine)