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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?

Prabhakar Chaganti

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This focused book is an extracted LITE version of Packt’s full: Amazon SimpleDB Developer Guide. It concentrates on getting a grounding in the value of SimpleDB, and shows how to set up an AWS account, enable a SimpleDB service for the account, and install and set up libraries for Java, PHP, and Python. If you are a developer wanting to get to grips with a primer into SimpleDB, then this book is for you. You do not need to know anything about SimpleDB to read and learn from this book, and no basic knowledge is strictly necessary.
  • 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:Prabhakar Chaganti
  • 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