https://www.developerfusion.com/t/cloud/books/sort/popularity/ 2011-07-31T16:11:00.00Z http://www.developerfusion.com/book/77635/programming-wcf-services-develop-cloud-applications-with-wcf-for-net-40/ 2010-05-15T00:00:00.00Z

Programming WCF Services is the authoritative, bestselling introduction to Microsoft's unified platform for developing service-oriented applications (SOA) on Windows. The third edition of this thoroughly practical book provides insight, not documentation, to help you learn the topics and skills you need for building WCF-based applications. Written by Microsoft software legend Juval Lowy, this new edition is revised for the latest productivity-enhancing features for C# 4.0 and .NET 4.0.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/117859/building-applications-in-the-cloud-concepts-patterns-and-projects/ 2011-04-15T22:44:00.00Z

Following the familiar “Design Patterns” format, expert cloud developer Chris Moyer introduces proven patterns for cloud platforms from Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google, and other providers. Moyer demonstrates these patterns at work through extensive example code and case study applications for Python and Amazon Web Services (AWS). As you increasingly move to the cloud, you’ll constantly encounter the challenges this book solves.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/88281/moving-applications-to-the-cloud-on-the-microsoft-azure-platform/ 2010-08-30T00:00:00.00Z

How can a company's applications be scalable and have high availability?To achieve this, along with developing the applications, you must also have an infrastructure that can support them. For example, you may need to add servers or increase the capacities of existing ones, have redundant hardware, add logic to the application to handle distributed computing, and add logic for failovers. You have to do this even if an application is in high demand for only short periods of time.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/71702/netbooks-the-missing-manual/ 2009-08-31T00:00:00.00Z

Netbooks are the hot new thing in PCs--small, inexpensive laptops designed for web browsing, email, and working with web-based programs. But chances are you don't know how to choose a netbook, let alone use one. Not to worry: with this Missing Manual, you'll learn which netbook is right for you and how to set it up and use it for everything from spreadsheets for work to hobbies like gaming and photo sharing.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/81945/programming-windows-azure-programming-the-microsoft-cloud/ 2010-05-25T00:00:00.00Z

Learn the ins and outs of cloud computing with Windows Azure, Microsoft's new cloud service platform. Programming Windows Azure demonstrates clearly how to use Windows Azure's hosting capabilities and storage services to build, deploy, host and manage applications in the cloud. *Learn how to build applications using the Windows Azure toolset *Understand how to use Windows Azure's programming model and management capabilities

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/75574/cloud-computing-a-practical-approach/ 2009-09-22T00:00:00.00Z

"The promise of cloud computing is here. These pages provide the 'eyes wide open' insights you need to transform your business." --Christopher Crowhurst, Vice President, Strategic Technology, Thomson ReutersA Down-to-Earth Guide to Cloud ComputingCloud Computing: A Practical Approach provides a comprehensive look at the emerging paradigm of Internet-based enterprise applications and services.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/89821/a-developers-guide-to-amazon-simpledb-developers-library/ 2010-08-12T00:00:00.00Z

The Complete Guide to Building Cloud Computing Solutions with Amazon SimpleDBUsing SimpleDB, any organization can leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s powerful cloud-based computing platform–and dramatically reduce the cost and resources associated with application infrastructure. Now, for the first time, there’s a complete developer’s guide to building production solutions with Amazon SimpleDB.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/123317/deploying-openstack/ 2011-07-31T16:11:00.00Z

OpenStack was created with the audacious goal of being the ubiquitous software choice for building public and private cloud infrastructures. In just over a year, it's become the most talked-about project in open source. This concise book introduces OpenStack's general design and primary software components in detail, and shows you how to start using it to build cloud infrastructures.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/49471/beginning-scala/ 2009-05-25T00:00:00.00Z

The open source Scala language is a Java–based dynamic scripting, functional programming language. Moreover, this highly scalable scripting language lends itself well to building Cloud–based/deliverable Software as a Service (SaaS) online applications.Written by Lift Scala web framework founder and lead Dave Pollak, Beginning Scala takes a down–to–earth approach to teaching Scala that leads you through simple examples that can be combined to build complex, scalable systems and applications.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/17396/python-for-unix-and-linux-system-administration/ 2008-09-02T00:00:00.00Z

Python is an ideal language for solving problems, especially in Linux and Unix networks. With this pragmatic book, administrators can review various tasks that often occur in the management of these systems, and learn how Python can provide a more efficient and less painful way to handle them. Each chapter in Python for Unix and Linux System Administration presents a particular administrative issue, such as concurrency or data backup, and presents Python solutions through hands-on examples.

James Crowley