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# Google App Engine Community

Welcome to the Google App Engine developer community! A number of community resources are already available for App Engine that you can begin using today. We're excited to share these with you, and we invite you to get involved in these channels and contribute your own knowledge and experience back to the community.

## Discussion groups/lists

We've established a set of discussion groups/mailing lists to help you find answers to your technical issues as well as enabling you to share your latest tips and tricks and projects with the greater App Engine developer community. Each group has a particular purpose, summarized below.

- General discussion - If you are new to App Engine and have general questions about the product that aren't addressed in the overview documentation, this group is for you. This list is also for questions that aren't related to a particular SDK, e.g. questions on datastore optimization or other services.
  - Go to the group: google-appengine
  - Subscribe via email: google-appengine-subscribe@googlegroups.com

- Python runtime - If you are experiencing a specific issue with the App Engine SDK for Python this is your group. For more general questions not concerned with a particular SDK, please use the general discussion forum.
  - Go to the group: google-appengine-python
  - Subscribe via email: google-appengine-python-subscribe@googlegroups.com

- Java runtime - If you have a specific issue with the App Engine SDK for Java or have difficulties deploying your application using the Google Plugin for Eclipse, this group is your ticket. Feel free to also use this group to share your latest collaborative projects with Google Web Toolkit.
  - Go to the group: google-appengine-java
  - Subscribe via email: google-appengine-java-subscribe@googlegroups.com

- Downtime notify - Subscribe to this announcement-only list to receive updates on system outages, maintenance periods, and other service disruptions.
  - Go to the group: google-appengine-downtime-notify
  - Subscribe via email: google-appengine-downtime-notify-subscribe@googlegroups.com

#### Before posting

Before submitting your post, please try the following:

1. Read the official FAQs and Community FAQs. The most commonly-asked App Engine questions are already addressed in these lists.
2. Enter one or more keywords of your question in the search input at the top of this page. Relevant results from the documentation pages on Google Code as well as App Engine articles and blog entries will be returned.
3. Search the mailing list archives to see whether your questions have already been discussed.
4. Read the discussion group charter which highlights the community guidelines.

## IRC Chat Time

Every first and third Wednesday of the month, the App Engine team hosts IRC Chat Time, an opportunity for you to get answers to your App Engine-related questions in real-time. The schedule is as follows:

- Every first Wednesday of the month from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. PDT
- Every third Wednesday of the month from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. PDT

These chat sessions take place on the #appengine channel on irc.freenode.net.

## Contribute

There are various ways to contribute back to the App Engine community once you're a superstar:

- Help less experienced users get started with App Engine by answering questions in the discussion groups and IRC channel.
- Post any App Engine issues that you've experienced and later resolved to the Community FAQs.
- Add your own code snippets (i.e. "recipes") to the App Engine Cookbook.