Exam Ref AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification and Beyond. Design secure and reliable solutions for the real world in Microsoft Azure

Brett Hargreaves

The AZ-304 exam tests an architect's ability to design scalable, reliable, and secure solutions in Azure based on customer requirements. Exam Ref AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification and Beyond offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the AZ-304 exam content to help you prepare for it confidently, pass the exam first time, and get ready for real-world challenges.This book will help you to investigate the need for good architectural practices and discover how they address common concerns for cloud-based solutions. You will work through the CloudStack, from identity and access through to infrastructure (IaaS), data, applications, and serverless (PaaS). As you make progress, you will delve into operations including monitoring, resilience, scalability, and disaster recovery. Finally, you'll gain a clear understanding of how these operations fit into the real world with the help of full scenario-based examples throughout the book.By the end of this Azure book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the AZ-304 certification exam and have a handy desktop reference guide.

Expert AWS Development. Efficiently develop, deploy, and manage your enterprise apps on the Amazon Web Services platform

Atul Mistry

Expert AWS Development begins with theinstallation of the AWS SDK and you will goon to get hands-on experience of creatingan application using the AWS ManagementConsole and the AWS Command LineInterface (CLI). Then, you will integrateapplications with AWS services such asDynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis, AWS Lambda,Amazon SQS, and Amazon SWF.Following this, you will get well versed withCI/CD workflow and work with four majorphases in the release process – Source,Build, Test, and Production. Then, you willlearn to apply AWS Developer tools to yourContinuous Integration (CI) and ContinuousDeployment (CD) workflow. Later, youwill learn about user authentication usingAmazon Cognito, and also how you canevaluate the best architecture as per yourinfrastructure costs. You will learn aboutAmazon EC2 service and will deploy anapp using it. You will also deploy a practicalreal-world example of a CI/CD applicationwith the Serverless Application Framework,which is known as AWS Lambda.Finally, you will learn how to build, develop,and deploy the Application using AWSDeveloper tools such as AWS CodeCommit,AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeDeploy, andAWS CodePipeline, as per your projectrequirements.

Extending OpenStack. Leverage extended OpenStack projects to implement containerization, deployment, and architecting robust cloud solutions

Omar Khedher

OpenStack is a very popular cloud computing platform that has enabled several organizations during the last few years to successfully implement their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms. This book will guide you through new features of the latest OpenStack releases and how to bring them into production straightaway in an agile way.It starts by showing you how to expand your current OpenStack setup and how to approach your next OpenStack Data Center generation deployment. You will discover how to extend your storage and network capacity and also take advantage of containerization technology such as Docker and Kubernetes in OpenStack. Additionally, you'll explore the power of big data as a Service terminology implemented in OpenStack by integrating the Sahara project. This book will teach you how to build Hadoop clusters and launch jobs in a very simple way. Then you'll automate and deploy applications on top of OpenStack. You will discover how to write your own plugin in the Murano project. The final part of the book will go through best practices for security such as identity, access management, and authentication exposed by Keystone in OpenStack. By the end of this book, you will be ready to extend and customize your private cloud based on your requirements.

Firebase Cookbook. Over 70 recipes to help you create real-time web and mobile applications with Firebase

Houssem Yahiaoui

Do you feel tired just thinking or even hearing about backend technologies, authentication or the tedious task of deployment? Firebase is here to change the way you develop and make your app a first-class citizen of the cloud.This books takes a solution based approach by providing you recipes that would help you understand the features of Firebase and implement them in your existing web or mobile applications.We start-off by creating our first Firebase application and integrating its services into different platforms and environments for mobile as well as web applications. Then we deep dive into Real-time Database and Firebase Storage that allows your users to access data across various devices with realtive ease. With each chapter you will gradually create the building blocks of your application from securing your data with Firebase Rules to authenticating your users with O-Auth.Moving along we would explore modern application development techniques such as creating serverless applications with Firebase Cloud Functions or turning your traditional applications into progressive apps with Service workers.Finally you will learn how to create cross-platform mobile apps, integrate Firebase in native platforms, and learn how to monetize your mobile applications using Admob for Android and iOS.

Flutter i Dart. Receptury. Tworzenie chmurowych aplikacji full stack

Richard Rose

Tworzenie oprogramowania wymaga zarówno umiejętności, jak i wysiłku. Jeśli jednak zależy Ci na szybkich i satysfakcjonujących efektach, wypróbuj wieloplatformowy framework Flutter i język Dart. Obydwie technologie zapewniają bogaty zestaw narzędzi dla programistów i są świetnym punktem startowym do tworzenia pięknych aplikacji niewielkim nakładem pracy. Ta książka będzie świetnym uzupełnieniem wiedzy o Flutterze i Darcie, sprawdzi się również jako wsparcie podczas rozwiązywania konkretnych problemów. Znalazło się tu ponad sto receptur, dzięki którym poznasz tajniki pisania efektywnego kodu, korzystania z narzędzi udostępnianych przez framework Flutter czy posługiwania się rozwiązaniami dostawców usług chmurowych. Dowiesz się, jak należy pracować z bazami Firebase i platformą Google Cloud. Przy czym poszczególne receptury, poza rozwiązaniami problemów, zawierają również nieco szersze omówienia, co pozwoli Ci lepiej wykorzystać zalety Fluttera i Darta - spójnego rozwiązania do wydajnego budowania aplikacji! Znajdziesz tu przykłady zastosowania języka Dart i frameworka Flutter w rozwiązywaniu problemów. Wisienką na torcie jest omówienie Firebase i Google Cloud! Rob Edwards, Google Cloud UK&I Dzięki recepturom: poznasz zasady efektywnej pracy z Dartem nauczysz się korzystać z narzędzi Fluttera dowiesz się, jak integrować rozwiązania chmurowe z aplikacjami Fluttera rozwiążesz problemy związane z zarządzaniem danymi przez API rozpoczniesz pracę z bazami danych Firebase zaczniesz budować wieloplatformowe, efektywne i efektowne aplikacje Świetna książka dla każdego, kto chce się nauczyć języka Dart i frameworka Flutter! Alex Moore, Google Cloud UK&I

Force.com Enterprise Architecture. Architect and deliver packaged Force.com applications that cater to enterprise business needs - Second Edition

Andrew Fawcett

Companies of all sizes have seen the need for Force.com's architectural strategy focused on enabling their business objectives. Successful enterprise applications require planning, commitment, and investment in the best tools, processes, and features available.This book will teach you how to architect and support enduring applications for enterprise clients with Salesforce by exploring how to identify architecture needs and design solutions based on industry standard patterns. There are several ways to build solutions on Force.com, and this book will guide you through a logical path and show you the steps and considerations required to build packaged solutions from start to finish. It covers all aspects, from engineering to getting your application into the hands of your customers, and ensuring that they get the best value possible from your Force.com application. You will get acquainted with extending tools such as Lightning App Builder, Process Builder, and Flow with your own application logic. In addition to building your own application API, you will learn the techniques required to leverage the latest Lightning technologies on desktop and mobile platforms.

Force.com Enterprise Architecture. Blend industry best practices to architect and deliver packaged Force.com applications that cater to enterprise business needs

Andrew Fawcett

Getting Started with Citrix Provisioning Services 7.0. Learning to install, configure, and manage Citrix Provisioning Services is made so much faster and simpler with this practical guide. Making no assumptions of prior knowledge, it takes you step by step through the product features

Puthiyavan Udayakumar