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Key benefits

Offload the time, effort, and capital associated with architecting and operating a simple, flexible, and scalable web database

A complete guide that covers everything from installation to advanced features aimed at optimizing your application

Examine SimpleDB and the relational database model and review the Simple DB data model

Packed with examples in Java, PHP, and Python and screenshots to illustrate key concepts allowing you to focus application development

Description

SimpleDB is a highly scalable, simple-to-use, and inexpensive database in the cloud from Amazon Web Services. But in order to use SimpleDB, you really have to change your mindset. This isn't a traditional relational database; in fact it's not relational at all. For developers who have experience working with relational databases, this may lead to misconceptions as to how SimpleDB works.This practical book aims to address your preconceptions on how SimpleDB will work for you. You will be quickly led through the differences between relational databases and SimpleDB, and the implications of using SimpleDB. Throughout this book, there is an emphasis on demonstrating key concepts with practical examples for Java, PHP, and Python developers.You will be introduced to this massively scalable schema-less key-value data store: what it is, how it works, and why it is such a game-changer. You will then explore the basic functionality offered by SimpleDB including querying, code samples, and a lot more. This book will help you deploy services outside the Amazon cloud and access them from any web host.You will see how SimpleDB gives you the freedom to focus on application development. As you work through this book you will be able to optimize the performance of your applications using parallel operations, caching with memcache, asynchronous operations, and more.

Who is this book for?

If you are a developer wanting to build scalable web-based database applications using 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. This guide will help you to start from scratch and build advanced applications.

What you will learn

Explore several SimpleDB operations with the easy-to-use Boto library on Java, PHP, and Python consoles

Encode and decode various data types into string data using Lexicographical comparison with precise instructions

Query, sort, and count data using SELECT syntax

Store large binary objects in Amazon S3 while using SimpleDB as the metadata store

Tune SimpleDB queries using the box usage value

Avoid excessive SimpleDB requests by using a cache

Optimize your application s performance using parallel operations

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Patric Ojala Feb 18, 2013

The different scripting languages take up quite a bit of realestate, but I cannot think of much else negative to say about this. Great read for learning NoSQL basics, NoSQL vs SQL differences, how to use SimpleDB and what to use it for.

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Michael Bulla May 22, 2011

Das Buch bietet einen guten allumfassenden Einblick in das Thema Amazon Webserverices. Es wird angesprochen wozu Cloud Computing überhaupt gut ist. Es werden die ersten Schritte aufgezeigt, um mit AWS durchstarten zu können. Es werden alle Dienst (Stand Ende 2010) erklärt. Insofern ein super Buch, für alle, die noch keine Schnittpunkte hatten und gucken wollen, was AWS überhaupt ist.Ich hatte mich vor dem Kauf des Buches schon intensiv mit der AWS-Homepage auseinander gesetzt. Daher gab es für mich nicht viel Neues. Ein weiterer Kritikpunkt ist, dass der Autor es mit dem Beispielcode zu gut macht. Da wird über Seiten hinweg PHP-Code abgedruckt, der imho keinen Mehrwert bietet. Ohne diesen könnte das Buch bestimmt 25% dünner sein.

Amazon SimpleDB Developer Guide: Scale your application's database on the cloud using Amazon SimpleDB

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