SimpleDB is a highly scalable, simple-to-use, and inexpensive database in the cloud from Amazon Web Services. But in order to use SimpleDB, you really have to change your mindset. This isn’t a traditional relational database; in fact it’s not relational at all. For developers who have experience working with relational databases, this may lead to misconceptions as to how SimpleDB works.
This practical book aims to address your preconceptions on how SimpleDB will work for you. You will be quickly led through the differences between relational databases and SimpleDB, and the implications of using SimpleDB. Throughout this book, there is an emphasis on demonstrating key concepts with practical examples for Java, PHP, and Python developers.
You will be introduced to this massively scalable schema-less key-value data store: what it is, how it works, and why it is such a game-changer. You will then explore the basic functionality offered by SimpleDB including querying, code samples, and a lot more. This book will help you deploy services outside the Amazon cloud and access them from any web host.
You will see how SimpleDB gives you the freedom to focus on application development. As you work through this book you will be able to optimize the performance of your applications using parallel operations, caching with memcache, asynchronous operations, and more.
Gain in-depth understanding of Amazon SimpleDB with PHP, Java, and Python examples, and run optimized database-backed applications on Amazon’s Web Services cloud
Scale your application’s database on the cloud using Amazon SimpleDB
- Offload the time, effort, and capital associated with architecting and operating a simple, flexible, and scalable web database
- A complete guide that covers everything from installation to advanced features aimed at optimizing your application
- Examine SimpleDB and the relational database model and review the Simple DB data model
- Packed with examples in Java, PHP, and Python and screenshots to illustrate key concepts allowing you to focus application development
What you will learn from this book
- Explore several SimpleDB operations with the easy-to-use Boto library on Java, PHP, and Python consoles
- Encode and decode various data types into string data using Lexicographical comparison with precise instructions
- Query, sort, and count data using SELECT syntax
- Store large binary objects in Amazon S3 while using SimpleDB as the metadata store
- Tune SimpleDB queries using the box usage value
- Avoid excessive SimpleDB requests by using a cache
- Optimize your application’s performance using parallel operations
Approach
This book is a practical real-world tutorial covering everything you need to know about Amazon SimpleDB. You will come across examples in three languages: Java, PHP, and Python. This book is aimed at transforming you from a beginner to an advanced developer.
Who this book is written for
If you are a developer wanting to build scalable web-based database applications using SimpleDB, then this book is for you. You do not need to know anything about SimpleDB to read and learn from this book, and no basic knowledge is strictly necessary. This guide will help you to start from scratch and build advanced applications.
About the Author
Prabhakar Chaganti is the founder and CTO of Ylastic, a start-up that is building a single unified interface to architect, manage, and monitor a user’s entire AWS Cloud computing environment: EC2, S3, RDS, AutoScaling, ELB, Cloudwatch, SQS, and SimpleDB. He is the author of Xen Virtualization and GWT Java AJAX Programming, and is also the winner of the community choice award for the most innovative virtual appliance in the VMware Global Virtual Appliance Challenge. He hangs out on Twitter as @pchaganti.
“It’s never been done” is a call to action for Rich Helms. He has built a career on breaking new ground in the computer field. He developed CARES (Computer Assisted Recovery Enhancement System) for the Metropolitan Toronto Police in Canada. CARES was the first computer system in the world for aging missing children. CARES has been internationally recognized as pioneering work in child aging. Rich has also created several generations of e-Learning platforms including Learn it Script and most recently Educate Press.
Rich is a seasoned software developer with over 30 years of experience. He spent 22 years in various positions at IBM including Chief Image Technology Architect. His credentials range from deep technical work (five patents in hardware and software) to running multinational R&D.
Book Details
- Paperback: 252 pages
- Publisher: Packt Publishing; 1st New edition edition (June 14, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1847197345
- ISBN-13: 978-1847197344
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