Chapter 9
Using Database.com as a Data Store for Your Heroku Applications
WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?
- Getting started with Database.com
- Creating a database
- Importing and exporting data
- Managing your database
- Creating a sample application
- Managing users
- Using Database.com’s advanced features
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Most people mistakenly think that Database.com and Heroku are on the same infrastructure, but they are not. Heroku is on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) infrastructure and Database.com is in Salesforce’s data center. If you currently use Salesforce for CRM, Service Cloud for customer service, or Force.com for creating custom apps, you are already using Database.com to store that data. Database.com is also offered as a standalone product that is an enterprise cloud-based data as a service (DaaS), ideal for mobile and social apps. This chapter will outline how to use Database.com’s APIs, how to create and manage Database.com databases, and how to get data into Database.com.
GETTING STARTED WITH DATABASE.COM
To communicate between Heroku and Database.com, your app uses Database.com’s open APIs. Database.com has a vast selection of APIs available:
- Web Services: The standard, general-use API that uses the SOAP protocol. ...
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