AWS for Developers For Dummies

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Mueller John Paul. AWS for Developers For Dummies

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part 1. Discovering the AWS Development Environment

Chapter 1. Starting Your AWS Adventure

Defining the AWS Cloud

Discovering IaaS

Determining Why You Should Use AWS

Considering the AWS-Supported Platforms

Chapter 2. Obtaining Development Access to Amazon Web Services

Discovering the Limits of Free Services

Considering the Hardware Requirements

Getting Signed Up

Testing Your Setup

Chapter 3. Choosing the Right Services

Getting a Quick Overview of Free-Tier Services

Matching AWS Services to Your Application

Considering AWS Security Issues

Part 2. Starting the Development Process

Chapter 4. Considering AWS Communication Strategies

Defining the Major Communication Standards

Understanding How REST Works

Chapter 5. Creating a Development Environment

Choosing a Platform

Obtaining and Installing Python

Working with the Identity and Access Management Console

Installing the Command Line Interface Software

Configuring S3 Using CLI

Configuring S3 Using Node.js

Configuring S3 Using a Desktop Application

Chapter 6. Creating a Virtual Server Using EC2

Getting to Know the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Working with Elastic Block Store (EBS) Volumes

Discovering Images and Instances

Part 3. Performing Basic Development Tasks

Chapter 7. Understanding AWS Input/Output

Considering the Input/Output Options

Working with JSON

Working with XML

Working with Amazon API Gateway

Chapter 8. Developing Web Apps Using Elastic Beanstalk

Considering Elastic Beanstalk (EB) Features

Deploying an EB Application

Updating an EB Application

Removing Unneeded Applications

Monitoring Your Application Using Amazon CloudWatch

Chapter 9. Developing Batch Processes and Scripts

Considering the Batch-Processing and Script Options

Performing Batch Processing Locally

Developing Scripts

Using Scripts Locally

Interacting with aws-shell

Chapter 10. Responding to Events with Lambda

Considering the Lambda Features

Starting the Lambda Console

Creating a Basic Lambda Application

Interacting with Simple Queue Services (SQS)

Part 4. Interacting with Databases

Chapter 11. Getting Basic DBMS Using RDS

Considering the Relational Database Service (RDS) Features

Managing RDS

Creating a Database Server

Adding Support to Applications

Configuring Load Balancing and Scaling

Chapter 12. Programming Techniques for AWS and MySQL

Interacting with RDS

Working with MySQL Code

Working with the MySQL/RDS Tables

Performing Data Uploads

Performing Data Downloads

Chapter 13. Gaining NoSQL Access Using DynamoDB

Considering the DynamoDB Features

Downloading a Local Copy of DynamoDB

Creating a Basic DynamoDB Setup

Developing a Basic Database

Performing Queries

Part 5. The Part of Tens

Chapter 14. Ten Ways to Create AWS Applications Quickly

Working at the Console

Using Example Source Code

Combining Trial-and-Error Techniques

Watching the Videos

Attending the Webinars

Discovering Others Efforts

Depending on Peer Support

Working with Blogs

Using Alternative Sources

Going Back to Tutorials

Chapter 15. Ten AWS Tools Every Developer Needs

Obtaining Additional Amazon Offerings

Partnering with a Third Party

Developing New Knowledge

Using Bitnami Developer Tools-

Relying on Device Emulators

About the Author

Dedication

Acknowledgments

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With the availability of cloud-based resources, developers today have an unprecedented opportunity to create amazing applications that previously weren’t possible. Amazon Web Services (AWS) enables developers to interact with the entire world, even when their application supports the smallest of organizations. The access to services in the cloud is amazing enough, but the access to data and other resources is now at mind-boggling levels. Unfortunately, many developers are indeed overawed by the sheer size and scope of cloud-based development, which is why you need AWS For Developers For Dummies.

This book is about making things simple. You don’t have to try to understand the entire cloud or even just AWS in a single sitting; instead, AWS For Developers For Dummies breaks down all the concepts into smaller chunks. If you want to create imaginative applications, this books helps you do so without spending frustrating hours learning the arcane AWS API beforehand. Life is short. With this book, you can create an application in just a few hours and become productive more quickly, freeing you from the drudgery of learning quite a lot to do only a little.

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In this case, however, the development staff can access the middleware to enhance application development without reinventing the wheel. Writing application code to make the application cloud-ready isn’t necessary because the middleware already contains these features. The development team gains access to cloud-based application features that include the following:

Even though AWS has a lot to offer, you still need to consider how it answers your specific needs. This consideration goes beyond simply determining whether you really want to move to cloud-based services, but also takes into account other offerings that might serve your needs just as well (if not better). Even though this book is about AWS, you should compare AWS with other cloud services. You may choose to use AWS as part of your solution rather than as the only solution. Of course, this means knowing the areas in which AWS excels. The following sections address both of these possibilities: using cloud services other than AWS, or in addition to it.

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