Implementing AppFog
Getting to grips with the AppFog service is easily achieved with this hands-on guide, which walks you through creating and deploying applications to the cloud. You'll be developing your first application in minutes.
Published on 19. November 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
86 pages
978-1-84969-818-4 (ISBN)
Description
Getting to grips with the AppFog service is easily achieved with this hands-on guide, which walks you through creating and deploying applications to the cloud. You'll be developing your first application in minutes.
Key Features
Create applications from scratch using the AppFog web console
Learn the knack of deploying applications to the Cloud using AppFog
Know the steps to avoid compatibility issues using the node module function of AppFog.
Book DescriptionAppFog is the leading platform-as-a-service provider of PHP, Ruby, Node.js, and Java solutions. It is used by developers worldwide to deploy tens of thousands of applications. AppFog delivers a reliable, scalable, and fast platform for deploying applications in the cloud.This book is a hands-on guide that will walk you through creating and deploying applications to the cloud using AppFog, which will allow you to get your application deployed without the hassle of setting up servers.This book demonstrates how to use the AppFog service to build an application and have it running in the Cloud. It will walk you through the initial AppFog setup process and explain how to create your first application in minutes.You will also discover how to use services such as databases to make your applications more powerful. You will also learn how to create applications from scratch.You will find out everything you need to know to get an application running in the cloud for the first time.What you will learn
Set up an account on AppFog
Download your application from the cloud so that you can make updates
Upload new versions of your application
Modify your application to use a database hosted by AppFog
Use the AppFog command line tools including a reference guide to all the command line options
Who this book is forImplementing AppFog is for developers who want to be able to upload applications to the cloud, and for implementation specialists, who implement and deploy apps on the AppFog platform. It is best to have Ruby installed, but we will walk you through the installation process if you do not already have it. It would be ideal to have some knowledge of cloud computing and know about the basics of database and network deployment.
Key Features
Create applications from scratch using the AppFog web console
Learn the knack of deploying applications to the Cloud using AppFog
Know the steps to avoid compatibility issues using the node module function of AppFog.
Book DescriptionAppFog is the leading platform-as-a-service provider of PHP, Ruby, Node.js, and Java solutions. It is used by developers worldwide to deploy tens of thousands of applications. AppFog delivers a reliable, scalable, and fast platform for deploying applications in the cloud.This book is a hands-on guide that will walk you through creating and deploying applications to the cloud using AppFog, which will allow you to get your application deployed without the hassle of setting up servers.This book demonstrates how to use the AppFog service to build an application and have it running in the Cloud. It will walk you through the initial AppFog setup process and explain how to create your first application in minutes.You will also discover how to use services such as databases to make your applications more powerful. You will also learn how to create applications from scratch.You will find out everything you need to know to get an application running in the cloud for the first time.What you will learn
Set up an account on AppFog
Download your application from the cloud so that you can make updates
Upload new versions of your application
Modify your application to use a database hosted by AppFog
Use the AppFog command line tools including a reference guide to all the command line options
Who this book is forImplementing AppFog is for developers who want to be able to upload applications to the cloud, and for implementation specialists, who implement and deploy apps on the AppFog platform. It is best to have Ruby installed, but we will walk you through the installation process if you do not already have it. It would be ideal to have some knowledge of cloud computing and know about the basics of database and network deployment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
179 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84969-818-4 (9781849698184)
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Matthew Nohr | Isaac Rabinovitch
Implementing AppFog
Getting to grips with the AppFog service is easily achieved with this hands-on guide, which walks you through creating and deploying applications to the cloud. You'll be developing your first application in minutes.
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Matthew Nohr is a software developer with over ten years of experience in creating large scale applications. He has worked on a range of projects from enterprise Java desktop applications to commercial Java server-based products to cloud-based Groovy/Grails services. Matthew is a certified Scrum Master and has a Masters degree in Software Engineering. Isaac Rabinovitch is a freelance technical writer in Portland, Oregon. He's worked with computers since the days they filled whole rooms and had hundreds of blinking lights. He's written documentation for programmers, system administrators, data center personnel, and ordinary people. His former employees include Sun, SGI, Borland, and Zilog. He's the co-author of the Java Tutorial, 4th edition. Read more about him at picknit.com.
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