
Chapter 2: Cloud Computing
Foundations
is apter covers some of the core building blos of the Cloud, including the service models and
IaC(Infrastructure as Code). Many hands-on examples are in this apter, including Elastic Beanstalk,
Google App Engine, and AWS Lambda.
Why you should consider using a cloud-based
development environment
ere is an expression, “use the best tool for the job.” When doing development on the Cloud,
oen the best tool is the native environment. For most of the examples in this book, a cloud-based
development environment is a correct approa. For work on AWS, this means AWS Cloud9⁸⁷ or
the AWS Cloudshell⁸⁸. For work on Google, ...