Amazon Web Services for Developers For Dummies 1st Edition by John Paul Mueller ISBN 9781119371892 1119371899

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

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