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Amazon SimpleDB: LITE. A book and eBook that addresses: what is SimpleDB, how does it compare to relational databases, and how to get started?

Amazon SimpleDB: LITE. A book and eBook that addresses: what is SimpleDB, how does it compare to relational databases, and how to get started?

Richard Helms, Prabhakar Chaganti, Rich Helms

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  • Amazon SimpleDB: LITE
    • Table of Contents
    • Amazon SimpleDB: LITE
    • Credits
    • About the Authors
    • About the Reviewers
    • Preface
      • What this book covers
      • What you need for this book
      • Who this book is for
      • Conventions
      • Reader feedback
      • Customer support
        • Errata
        • Piracy
        • Questions
    • 1. Getting to Know SimpleDB
      • Experimenting with SimpleDB
      • How does SimpleDB work?
        • Domain
        • Item
        • Attributes
        • Values
      • How do I interact with SimpleDB?
      • How is SimpleDB priced?
        • Free tier
      • Why should I use SimpleDB?
        • Make your applications simpler to architect
        • Build flexibility into your applications
        • Create high-performance web applications
        • Take advantage of lower costs
        • Scale your applications on demand
        • Architect for the cloud
      • Summary
    • 2. Getting Started with SimpleDB
      • Creating an AWS account
      • Enabling SimpleDB service for AWS account
      • Query API and authentication
      • SimpleDB libraries
      • SDBtool Firefox plugin
      • Sample outline performing basic operations
      • Basic operations with Java
        • Exploring SimpleDB with Java
        • Creating a domain with Java
        • Listing domains with Java
        • Manipulating items with Java
        • Deleting a domain with Java
      • Basic operations with PHP
        • Exploring SimpleDB with PHP
        • Creating a domain with PHP
        • Listing domains with PHP
        • Manipulating items with PHP
        • Deleting a domain with PHP
      • Basic operations with Python
        • Introducing boto
        • Exploring SimpleDB with Python
        • Creating a domain with Python
        • Retrieving a domain with Python
        • Creating items with Python
      • Summary
    • 3. SimpleDB versus RDBMS
      • No normalization
      • No joins
      • No schemas
      • Simpler SQL
      • Only strings
      • Eventual consistency
        • Flash: February 24, 2010 consistent read added
      • Scalability
      • Low maintenance
      • Advantages of the SimpleDB model
      • Disadvantages of the SimpleDB model
      • Summary
    • 4. The SimpleDB Data Model
      • Domains
        • Domains with Java
        • Domains with PHP
        • Domains with Python
      • Exploring the metadata for a domain and costs
        • Retrieving domain metadata
          • Retrieving domain metadata with Java
          • Retrieving domain metadata with PHP
          • Retrieving domain metadata with Python
        • Components of a domains metadata
        • SimpleDB domain constraints
      • Items
        • Adding attributes to an item with Java
        • Adding attributes to an item with PHP
        • Adding attributes to an item with Python
        • Constraints on SimpleDB items
      • Attributes
        • Attributes with Java
        • Attributes with PHP
        • Attributes with Python
        • Constraints on SimpleDB item attributes
      • Values
        • Storing multiple values in a single attribute with Java
        • Storing multiple values in a single attribute with PHP
        • Storing multiple values in a single attribute with Python
        • Constraints on values of a SimpleDB item
      • Consistent Read and Conditional Put / Delete announcement
        • ConsistentRead = true for getAttributes and Select
        • Conditional Put / Delete
      • Summary
    • Index
  • Title: Amazon SimpleDB: LITE. A book and eBook that addresses: what is SimpleDB, how does it compare to relational databases, and how to get started?
  • Author: Richard Helms, Prabhakar Chaganti, Rich Helms
  • Original title: Amazon SimpleDB: LITE. A book and eBook that addresses: what is SimpleDB, how does it compare to relational databases, and how to get started?
  • ISBN: 9781849683692, 9781849683692
  • Date of issue: 2011-05-13
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3bn1
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing