Question

Is there a decent way to “simulate” server side includes using Python on Google App Engine?

I would really like to split my static html files up into smaller pieces for two reasons:

1. They will be easier to manage from a development perspective
2. HTML that is redundant across multiple pages can be more easily re-used and updates to the HTML will show on all pages instead of having to copy and paste updates

Answer 1

Just use template library (Jinja2 is pre-installed on GAE).
“Getting started” doc provides examples.

What you want to use instead of SSI is template inheritance.