Cloud Computing, 2nd Edition

Creating and Hosting a Cloud Solution

For simple websites, users can leverage prebuilt templates as just discussed. For custom solutions, however, businesses will need developers to create the corresponding solution. Regardless of the specific processing the application performs, the steps to create and deploy a cloud-based solution are similar:

• Use a programming language to create the solution.

• Select a PaaS to house the solution.

• Upload the solutions to the PaaS.

Looking at a Simple Solution

To let you see the cloud-development process, assume we want to create a webpage that displays the message Hello, Cloud World! To begin, we will create a simple HTML page using an editor, such as the Windows Notepad accessory that has our code, ...