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Windows Azure Web Sites: Building Web Apps at a Rapid Pace
Author(s): Tejaswi Redkar (Author)
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication Date: 21 Nov. 2013
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 342 pages
- ISBN-10: 1491003545
- ISBN-13: 9781491003541
Book Description
Windows Azure Web Sites book provides you with a practical advice in building high-quality websites. It is based on my years of experience in building 100+ solutions on Windows Azure. Windows Azure Web Sites helps you build secure, scalable, and high-performing websites at a rapid pace like no other platform. This book dives deep into these core capabilities that today’s web apps must have. Windows Azure Web Sites is built from the ground-up in the cloud, and this book takes a 360 degrees view of its capabilities not only from a developer’s but also from an entrepreneur’s point of view. Today’s developers are entrepreneurs, they build their own mobile apps that need web services in the cloud. Windows Azure Web Sites is a perfect platform for hosting such web services and web sites. You will enjoy the examples of integrating websites with other cloud services such as Storage, Virtual Machines, and Service Bus. Throughout this book, I have provided step-by-step instructions explaining the significance of each feature and the optimal way of using it. The Web Site Capability Model discussed in this book will help you visualize the capabilities and migration risks of your websites. The Storage Object Distribution pattern will open-up your creative mind in thinking differently when designing cloud applications at scale, believe me it’s different. Whether you are a novice or an experienced developer, you will learn something new after reading this book. So, Jump In! Here are the contents at a glance: Introduction Chapter 1: Architecture Overview Chapter 2: Web Sites Quick Start Chapter 3: Continuous Deployment Chapter 4: Operations Chapter 5: Migrating dynamicdeploy.com Chapter 6: Migrating ASP.NET MVC Music Store Chapter 7: Integrating with ElasticSearch Chapter 8: Adding Custom Analytics Chapter 9: Web Sites Lightening Round Chapter 10: Building Node.JS Apps
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About the Author
Tejaswi Redkar is a software architect with passion for writing. He works for Microsoft and has been working on the Windows Azure platform since its early days. He is also the author of “Windows Azure Platform” book published by APress. Currently, he works as the Director of Application Platform Technical Communities in Microsoft and covers a broad range of Microsoft technologies from User Experience to Business Analytics. His team has built more than 100 solutions on Windows Azure for Enterprises and ISVs. He is also the creator of http://www.dynamicdeploy.com and http://www.appsforazure.com Tejaswi has not only written about conceptual topics like Threading and Message Queuing, but also on broader topics, such as software ecosystems, business, and platforms. Tejaswi has a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University and an MBA from University of Wisconsin. Tejaswi lives in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two kids. When not working on what’s next, he is either having pure fun with his family or bicycling on San Ramon trails. You can find more details about him here: LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tejaswiredkar Follow him @tejaswiredkar, http://twitter.com/tejaswiredkar Amazon Author Site: http://www.amazon.com/author/tejaswiredkar Blog: http://blog.dynamicdeploy.com
