Beginning Google App Engine

Do you want to build web applications that scale like Google? With App Engine, Google has invited web developers to use its massively scalable infrastructure for their own applications. Author Eugene Ciurana shows you how to get the most out of Google App Engine and how to make your own applications for the Google cloud. You'll start by building your first simple application and get to know the SDK and development tools before understanding more complex issues such as using BigTable, Google's data store, managing your application, and tuning for performance. As well as the specifics of Google App Engine, you will also learn how to design applications to take full advantage of the cloud, how to interact with Google's own applications, and how to offer RESTful web services. What you'll learn * Design and build web applications in the cloud. * Get the most out of Google's BigTable data store. * Tune your apps for the best performance. * Work with Google's own apps. * Offer RESTful web services. * Learn to manage your cloud applications. Who is this book for? Web developers who want to take advantage of Google's cloud infrastructure for making massively scalable web applications.
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