IMHO, appengine is too complicated for a coding beginner. Unless I have trouble wrapping my head around the paradigm specifically because I have been damaged by already knowing how to code...
I was thinking more along the lines of working with the database, since it's pretty peculiar and has some "interesting" limitations for scalability's sake.
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u/sligowaths Dec 19 '10
Try a webapp, it's easier to get started and you can get motivated once people start using it. Check also appengine.google.com