Book description
In Essential App Engine, Adriaan de Jonge shows Java developers how to rapidly build complex, productionquality, performance-driven cloud applications with Google App Engine. Using a start-to-finish case study and extensive Java example code, De Jonge covers the entire lifecycle, from application design and data modeling through security, testing, and deployment.
De Jonge introduces breakthrough techniques for creating applications that respond within two seconds, even on cold startup, and allow server responses in hundreds of milliseconds or less throughout the rest of the session. He also demonstrates how to avoid common mistakes that can dramatically reduce cloud application performance and scalability. He thoroughly covers state-of-the-art user interface development and shows how to make the most of Google App Engine’s extensive set of APIs. Coverage includes
Setting up a development environment that makes it easy to continually address performance
Understanding the anatomy of a Google App Engine application
Making the right technical setup and design choices for each new application
Efficiently modeling data for App Engine’s NoSQL data storage
Recognizing when to avoid OR-mapping and pass datastore entities directly to HTML templates
Finding alternatives to frameworks and libraries that impair App Engine performance
Using JavaScript and AJAX on the client side of your cloud applications
Improving browser performance and reducing resource consumption via better use of HTML5 and CSS3
Taking advantage of key App Engine APIs: datastore, blobstore, mail, task scheduling, memory caching, URL retrieval, and messaging
Securing cloud-based Web applications with Google Accounts, OpenID, and OAuth
Improving your cloud development, quality assurance, and deployment processes
Targeting, marketing, and selling cloud solutions, from planning to payment handling
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part I: An App Engine Overview
- Part II: Application Design Essentials
- Part III: User Interface Design Essentials
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Part IV: Using Common App Engine APIs
- Chapter 10: Storing Data in the Datastore and Blobstore
- Chapter 11: Sending and Receiving E-Mail
- Chapter 12: Running Background Work with the Task Queue API and Cron
- Chapter 13: Manipulating Images with the App Engine Image Service
- Chapter 14: Optimizing Performance Using the Memory Cache
- Chapter 15: Retrieving External Data Using URL Fetch
- Chapter 16: Securing a Web Application Using Google Accounts, OpenID, and OAuth
- Chapter 17: Sending and Receiving Messages Using XMPP
- Part V: Application Deployment
- Index
Product information
- Title: Essential App Engine: Building High-Performance Java Apps with Google App Engine
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2011
- Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
- ISBN: 9780132484794
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