Cant Run Google appengine python app on eclipse although launcher works fine - eclipse

Question

I'm following this tutorial:
http://www.mkyong.com/google-app-engine/google-app-engine-python-hello-world-example-using-eclipse/
I created a project and tried to run it locally. It didn't work but when I ran it on the Google appengine launcher it worked just fine.
I noticed that eclipse doesn't create .project and .pydevproject files in the project
here is the console contents:
WARNING 2012-11-28 07:48:10,265 rdbms_mysqldb.py:74] The rdbms API is not available because the MySQLdb library could not be loaded.
Invalid arguments
Runs a development application server for an application.
dev_appserver.py [options] <application root>
Application root must be the path to the application to run in this server.
Must contain a valid app.yaml or app.yml file.
Options:
--address=ADDRESS, -a ADDRESS
Address to which this server should bind. (Default
localhost).
--clear_datastore, -c Clear the Datastore on startup. (Default false)
--debug, -d Use debug logging. (Default false)
--help, -h View this helpful message.
--port=PORT, -p PORT Port for the server to run on. (Default 8080)
--allow_skipped_files Allow access to files matched by app.yaml's
skipped_files (default False)
--auth_domain Authorization domain that this app runs in.
(Default gmail.com)
--backends Run the dev_appserver with backends support
(multiprocess mode).
--blobstore_path=DIR Path to directory to use for storing Blobstore
file stub data.
--clear_prospective_search Clear the Prospective Search subscription index
(Default false).
--clear_search_indexes Clear the Full Text Search indexes (Default false).
--datastore_path=DS_FILE Path to file to use for storing Datastore file
stub data.
(Default c:\users\gideon\appdata\local\temp\dev_appserver.datastore)
--debug_imports Enables debug logging for module imports, showing
search paths used for finding modules and any
errors encountered during the import process.
--default_partition Default partition to use in the APPLICATION_ID.
(Default dev)
--disable_static_caching Never allow the browser to cache static files.
(Default enable if expiration set in app.yaml)
--disable_task_running When supplied, tasks will not be automatically
run after submission and must be run manually
in the local admin console.
--enable_sendmail Enable sendmail when SMTP not configured.
(Default false)
--high_replication Use the high replication datastore consistency
model. (Default false).
--history_path=PATH Path to use for storing Datastore history.
(Default c:\users\gideon\appdata\local\temp\dev_appserver.datastore.history)
--multiprocess_min_port When running in multiprocess mode, specifies the
lowest port value to use when choosing ports. If
set to 0, select random ports.
(Default 9000)
--mysql_host=HOSTNAME MySQL database host.
Used by the Cloud SQL (rdbms) stub.
(Default 'localhost')
--mysql_port=PORT MySQL port to connect to.
Used by the Cloud SQL (rdbms) stub.
(Default 3306)
--mysql_user=USER MySQL user to connect as.
Used by the Cloud SQL (rdbms) stub.
(Default )
--mysql_password=PASSWORD MySQL password to use.
Used by the Cloud SQL (rdbms) stub.
(Default '')
--mysql_socket=PATH MySQL Unix socket file path.
Used by the Cloud SQL (rdbms) stub.
(Default '')
--persist_logs Enables storage of all request and application
logs to enable later access. (Default false).
--require_indexes Disallows queries that require composite indexes
not defined in index.yaml.
--search_indexes_path=PATH Path to file to use for storing Full Text Search
indexes (Default c:\users\gideon\appdata\local\temp\dev_appserver.searchindexes).
--show_mail_body Log the body of emails in mail stub.
(Default false)
--skip_sdk_update_check Skip checking for SDK updates. If false, fall back
to opt_in setting specified in .appcfg_nag
(Default false)
--smtp_host=HOSTNAME SMTP host to send test mail to. Leaving this
unset will disable SMTP mail sending.
(Default '')
--smtp_port=PORT SMTP port to send test mail to.
(Default 25)
--smtp_user=USER SMTP user to connect as. Stub will only attempt
to login if this field is non-empty.
(Default '').
--smtp_password=PASSWORD Password for SMTP server.
(Default '')
--task_retry_seconds How long to wait in seconds before retrying a
task after it fails during execution.
(Default '30')
--use_sqlite Use the new, SQLite based datastore stub.
(Default false)
--port_sqlite_data Converts the data from the file based datastore
stub to the new SQLite stub, one time use only.
(Default false)
--[enable|disable]_console Enables/disables the interactive console.
(Default enabled if --address is unset,
disabled if --address is set)

Answer 1

There are 2 run configurations that I managed to run the project localy with.
right click project --> Python Run
in main tab
Project text field browse to project
In Main Module path to appserver C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\google_appengine\dev_appserver.py
in Arguments tab
Program arguments "${project_loc}/src" make sure you put the ""
in Working directory check Other ${project_loc:/selected project name}
bellow
apply
run
right click project --> PyDev Google App Run
in main tab
Project text field browse to project
In Main Module path to appserver ${GOOGLE_APP_ENGINE}/dev_appserver.py
in Arguments tab
Program arguments "${workspace_loc:HelloWorld/src}" make sure you put the ""
in Working directory check Other ${workspace_loc:HelloWorld}
next time you can just click the configuration
To upload to the cloud appengine run configurations.
right click project --> PyDev Google App Run
in main tab
Project text field browse to project
In Main Module path to appserver ${GOOGLE_APP_ENGINE}/appcfg.py
in Arguments tab
Program arguments update "${workspace_loc:HelloWorld/src}"
make sure you put the ""
make sure update is outside the ""
in Working directory check Default ${project_loc:/selected project name}
To whom it might concern an IDE should shield the developer from the Idiosyncratic nature of the command line I spent 7 hours trying to run a project using faulty tutorials