Learn the tricks of the trade so you can build and architect applications that scale quickly--without all the high-priced headaches and service-... read full description
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Jan 12, 2009
Chris
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Maybe this book was relevant when it first came out, but going through it in early 2009 I couldn't believe how many inaccuracies were present throughout the book. Completely outdated and misleading information on web services, XML feeds, and the .NET platform.
The book should have just been called "Why I Am In Love With .PHP and MySql And Don't Believe That Any Other Combination Can Be Used To Build A Successful Website".
I found myself shaking my head repeatedly More...
The book should have just been called "Why I Am In Love With .PHP and MySql And Don't Believe That Any Other Combination Can Be Used To Build A Successful Website".
I found myself shaking my head repeatedly More...
Jun 03, 2010
Ben
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Cal is not a great writer, but he is a great resource and so if your MO is to design a large website well from the get go Cal will point you on the roads you need to walk down. The book was practical, but obviously couldn't go too deep into any of its topics, layered architectures, unicode, security, email, database scaling, caching, monitoring, and APIs. It came with a decent amount of redundancy and to me some parts were pointing to topics so advanced that I just had to shrug a maybe later.
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Jun 28, 2009
Chris
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This would be a great book to give to someone working on their first web service. I wish I had read something like it when I first started.
The author opts for breadth rather than depth, covering unicode, data sanitation, load balancing, database sharding and replication, SQUID proxies, monitoring, email servers, and many other topics. Fortunately, he acknowledges that he's only skimming the surface of many of the areas, and provides ample references to other books or software project More...
The author opts for breadth rather than depth, covering unicode, data sanitation, load balancing, database sharding and replication, SQUID proxies, monitoring, email servers, and many other topics. Fortunately, he acknowledges that he's only skimming the surface of many of the areas, and provides ample references to other books or software project More...
Dec 25, 2010
Ala'
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Excellent book. it covers most of scalable website aspects. Very practical and enriched with examples. however, the flow of ideas is not clear and some topics are prematurely concluded. It also misses to cover important issues related to scalable website e.g. caching engines
Jun 19, 2009
Tim
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Excellent & approachable guide for scaling websites; Chapter 4 is a bit long & out of place, but rest is high-quality stuff
Feb 21, 2009
Kevin
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Great overview of the different types of considerations you need to be mindful of when building scalable web applications. Breadth valued over depth, but there are whole books on most of the topics covered, so it's worth the read as an introduction to mega-app issues.
Aug 08, 2008
Daryn
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A little dry (and I love this topic). Good information is contained within, and it's a good read for web engineers.
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