Programming for PaaS: A Practical Guide to Coding for Platform-as-a-Service

by Lucas Carlson, Doug Baldwin

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is gaining serious traction among web and mobile developers, but as new PaaS providers emerge and existing vendors upgrade their features, it’s hard to keep track of what PaaS has to offer. This thorough introduction takes you through the PaaS model from a developer’s point of view, and breaks down the types of services that Google App Engine, Windows Azure, Heroku, Cloud Foundry, and others deliver. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or part of a large enterprise development team, this book shows you how PaaS can help you focus on innovative applications, rather than spend your time worrying about technical operations.

Genres: Web, Programming

142 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Lucas Carlson is a bestselling novelist. He takes his first-hand experiences as an entrepreneur and computer programmer, and turns them into thrillers that pack a punch and are hard to put down.

His writing has often been compared to Michael Crichton, Joseph Finder, Harlan Coben and Blake Crouch. They deal with technology and business themes and how they affect society.

Carlson lives in San Diego with his family.

Reviews

[Andy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a good overview of the things you need to be aware of when considering developing an application using PaaS. The different types of PaaS services are detailed (some of which you may not have been aware of or knew why you would want to use them). Even thought it is had "Programming" in the title, the book is light on actual code examples. As long as that is not what you are expecting, this is a good book for providing various service options (as opposed to specific recommendations).

[Aelena · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting introductory reference to the already vast offering space in the PaaS world. Obviously explanations are basic and overview of vendors are short, but all in all the book is useful for a general understanding and awareness of all offerings out there. Useful also as some sort of executive summary (although it contains some sample code that would be a "no-no" in such exec summary ;-) )

[Jason Woodrum · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book highlighting the unknown world of PaaS. Anyone who evaluates technology or provides architectural direction should read this book. Lucas does a great job of explaining the overall concepts, pros and cons, and provides some real life examples that paint a clear picture of the PaaS segment.

[Colin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of PaaS and break down of key areas. A mix of code examples provides some tangible content to the higher level topics being covered. Very quick read and good for anyone not familiar with the PaaS space. Content could be updated given some of the consolidation and rapid advances by vendors offering PaaS solutions.

[Aida R · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is not the book which explain how to programming on the PaaS. It`s just explain basic useful things

[Niranjan Prasad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice and fast paced and an excellent outline of PaaS.

What I like is the author's obvious passion and it comes through as an engaging account.