Learn Amazon Web Services in a Month of Lunches

• Using the AWS cloud with your projects
• Pros and cons of AWS over local server deployments
• Building secure and reliable application infrastructures
• Integrating AWS storage, database, and networking services
• Creating accurate AWS cost analyses

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Amazon Web Services is, by all metrics, the giant of the cloud computing world. Not only does it dominate in terms of user adoption and market share, but its innovative and highly integrated services have defined the way networked digital services are delivered.

AWS gives you the networking, compute, and security services you need without making you pay for anything you're not actually using. And you can access gold standard infrastructure elements and have them running your application in minutes. With almost a hundred individual AWS services, putting all the pieces together is not a simple thing. That's where this book can help.

Learn Amazon Web Services in a Month of Lunches guides you through the process of building a robust and secure web application using the core AWS services you really need to know. You'll start by getting your own AWS-based web server running in just a few minutes. Then, piece by piece, you'll learn to add in more advanced functionality and efficiency.

The book's second part introduces you to some of the more theoretical concepts of virtualization and high availability as they relate to AWS, along with many of the more specialized AWS services. When you're done, you'll be comfortable with the basics, and know exactly where to look when you're ready for more.

You'll be amazed by how much you can accomplish with AWS!

This book is for developers, system administrators, or anyone looking for an introduction to using AWS cloud. A basic understanding of TCP/IP networking is helpful, but not required.