Beginning SimpleDB
Published on 30. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-4302-2533-1 (ISBN)
Description
Beginning SimpleDB makes cloud computing a reality for programmers and this is the first book on the market explaining it in detail. * When, where, and why using Amazon's SimpleDB can be a better solution than using a traditional relational database store * How to design systems and structure data to be best suited for use with SimpleDB * How SimpleDB differs from a relational database and from its competitors, such as CouchDB and Google's BigData What you'll learn * Discover the advantages of using SimpleDB. * Design your applications to take full advantage of the SimpleDB API. * Structure your raw data to best fit the concepts and strengths of SimpleDB. * Compare the SimpleDB approach to a traditional relational database model. * Learn basic create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations for SimpleDB. * Take your applications into the cloud by integrating SimpleDB and Amazon's S3 service. Who this book is for This book is for anyone looking to learn about the details and advantages of moving a database into the cloud.
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Edition
Edition. ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Popular/general
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4302-2533-1 (9781430225331)
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Persons
Kevin Marshall is a software developer at heart. He is a consultant to a number of web focused companies as well as owner of Falicon Programming Inc. - a company that produces and supports a large number of web based sites and services.
Kevin is the author of Web Services with Rails (O'Reilly, 2006), Pro Active Record (Apress, 2007), and a handful of other reviews and articles that have been published in various trade journals and publications. When he's not deep into coding or developing content, he's generally off playing with his two sons and amazing wife. To learn more about what he's up to right now you can visit his blog at http://blog.botfu.com or drop him a note at info at falicon.com
Kevin is the author of Web Services with Rails (O'Reilly, 2006), Pro Active Record (Apress, 2007), and a handful of other reviews and articles that have been published in various trade journals and publications. When he's not deep into coding or developing content, he's generally off playing with his two sons and amazing wife. To learn more about what he's up to right now you can visit his blog at http://blog.botfu.com or drop him a note at info at falicon.com
Content
1. Introduction. What is SimpleDB?.- 2. SimpleDB concepts and Design Decisions.- 3. Getting started with SimpleDB.- 4. Your First Domain (basics of using SimpleDB via REST and SOAP).- 5. Currently available SimpleDB libraries.- 6. Working with Domains.- 7. Working with Items.- Working with Attributes.- Working with Values10. Integrating your Amazon SimpleDB power with Amazon S3 data objects11. Porting a simple relational database to SimpleDB12. Questions and Answers13. Where to go for more information.