I am only at the very beginning of what I think will be a long journey exploring the world of applications in the Google App Engine using Python .
I just downloaded Python 2.6.4 from the Python official website and installed it on my computer (I am using Windows XP). I also downloaded the Python Application Development Kit (SDK) (from this page ) and installed it. Both of these steps were suggested on the second page of the Google App Engine Getting Started Guide .
However, when I went to the third page, which is called "Hello, World!" I came across the issue of complications. It is written there:
"Create a directory called helloworld. All the files for this application are in this directory. Inside the helloworld directory, create a file called helloworld.py, and the following contents ..."
I am a little puzzled here: How to create a .py file? It looks like I need to create a notepad file (.txt) and call it helloworld.py (when I did this, it did not change to any other file of any other, but remained a regular .txt file) or should I somehow Am I creating this file using the Google App Engine Launcher that I installed?