September 2010
Intermediate to advanced
300 pages
8h 58m
English
In this chapter you’ll learn all about Amazon SQS. We’ll start by addressing the concept of asynchronous messaging in the context of large-scale system architecture, and then we’ll take a look at Amazon SQS and the associated programming model. Next we’ll examine some of the instances where Amazon SQS can be used as a central component of a highly scalable system architecture, considering some important design patterns along the way. Then we’ll put our knowledge to good use by using Amazon SQS to construct a simple image crawler and processor.
Asynchronous messaging refers to an architectural style dictating that applications should be built in ...
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