Elastic Beanstalk [Paperback]

Jurg van Vliet (Author), Flavia Paganelli (Author), Steven van Wel (Author), Dara Dowd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 3, 2011

While it's always been possible to run Java applications on Amazon EC2, Amazon's Elastic Beanstalk makes the process easier—especially if you understand how it works beneath the surface. This concise, hands-on book not only walks you through Beanstalk for deploying and managing web applications in the cloud, you'll also learn how to use this AWS tool in other phases of development.

Ideal if you're a developer familiar with Java applications or AWS, Elastic Beanstalk provides step-by-step instructions and numerous code samples for building cloud applications on Beanstalk that can handle lots of traffic. Learn how to use Beanstalk with the Eclipse IDE, Hudson for continuous integration, and several AWS tools for load balancing, auto scaling, storage, and other services.

• Learn how Beanstalk provides an entry into Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Design your Java web application for the cloud—and for Beanstalk
• Get an overview of AWS services that power Beanstalk, and learn how to use them independently
• Use Beanstalk to set up your development, testing, production, and staging environments
• Learn advanced hacking techniques for customizing Beanstalk

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About the Author

Jurg van Vliet graduated from the University of Amsterdam in Computer Science. After his internship with Philips Research, he worked for many web startups and media companies. Passionate about technology, he wrote for many years about it and its effects on society. He became interested in the cloud and started using AWS in 2007. After merging his former company, 2Yellows, with a research firm, he decided to start 9Apps, an AWS boutique that is an AWS solution provider and silver partner of Eucalyptus, together with Flavia. Give Jurg a scalability challenge, and he will not sleep until he solves it—and he will love you for it.

Flavia Paganelli has been developing software in different industries and languages for over 14 years, for companies like TomTom and Layar. She moved to The Netherlands with her cat after finishing an MSc in Computer Science at the University of Buenos Aires. A founder of 9Apps, Flavia loves to create easy-to-understand software that makes people’s lives easier, like the Decaf EC2 smartphone app. When she is not building software, she is probably exercising her other passions, like acting or playing capoeira.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 86 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (August 3, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449306640
• ISBN-13: 978-1449306649
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,300,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Low informational content, November 26, 2011

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This review is from: Elastic Beanstalk (Paperback)

The book is basically an extremely verbose replication of free AWS documentation and AWS interface screenshots with practically no real add-on value or deep information.

The following is an excerpt to make you aware of the overall 'hands-on' and detail level approach taken by the authors:

"We created the image, and it works perfectly. Now, supposedly, adding the following JVM Command-Line Options should make Tomcat ready for VisualVM style scrutiny, but we did not get this to work. This is not a "we leave this to the reader"; we have a book to finish. But if you know how to make this work, let us know"

Tip: if you do buy this book make sure you get kindle version, at least it is $10 vs $26