Web Applications on Azure: Developing for Global Scale - Softcover

Reagan, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484229754 ISBN 13: 9781484229750

Publisher: Apress, 2017

Synopsis

Build .NET apps on Microsoft Azure services that can grow to Internet scale. Learn how you can make smart application architecture decisions and follow best practices so that your website can handle tens of thousands of concurrent users and deliver your content globally.

 Author Rob Reagan takes you through key Azure technologies targeted toward building web applications, and along the way shares his lessons learned in scaling out a real-world web application. After an overview of web application building blocks, the book dives into relational and NoSQL data storage options on Azure, including Azure Table Storage and CosmosDB. You’ll then discover how to make best use of Redis Cache, Web Jobs, Messaging Queues, and more, alongside other tips, tricks, and troubleshooting advice for when things go wrong. The book concludes with a thorough exploration of best practices for deployment at scale.

What You'll Learn

Developscalable architecture patterns on Azure with ASP.NET MVC

Understand the pros and cons of using SQL Azure vs. NoSQL solutions (Azure Tables, CosmosDB)

Perform data migration, backup, and recovery in SQL Azure

Use effective caching

Troubleshoot your web applications

Know best practices for deployment

Who This Book Is For

Professional developers or serious hobbyists with experience developing web applications with ASP.NET MVC or Web API

About this title

About the Author

Rob Reagan has been building web applications with Microsoft .NET since the release of Framework 1.0 and has a longstanding interest in how to architect sites for Internet scale. He has led projects developing web applications built for hundreds to thousands of concurrent users for companies such as ExxonMobil, Standard & Poor's, Fidelity, and Microsoft. He holds a BA in computer science from Duke, and is currently finishing his master's degree in computer science at Georgia Tech. Rob lives in Chattanooga, TN, and is the CTO at textrequest.com.

From the Back Cover

Build .NET apps on Microsoft Azure services that can grow to Internet scale. Learn how you can make smart application architecture decisions and follow best practices so that your website can handle tens of thousands of concurrent users and deliver your content globally.

 Author Rob Reagan takes you through key Azure technologies targeted toward building web applications, and along the way shares his lessons learned in scaling out real-world web applications. After an overview of web application building blocks, the book dives into relational and NoSQL data storage options on Azure, including Azure Table Storage and Cosmos DB. You’ll then discover how to make best use of Redis Cache, WebJobs, Messaging Queues, and more, alongside other tips, tricks, and troubleshooting advice for when things go wrong. The book concludes with a thorough exploration of best practices for deployment at scale.

What You'll Learn:

• Develop scalable web applications on Azure with ASP.NET MVC
• Understand the pros and cons of using SQL Azure vs. NoSQL solutions (Azure Tables, Cosmos DB)
• Perform data migration, backup, and recovery in SQL Azure
• Use effective caching
• Troubleshoot your web applications
• Know best practices for deployment

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484229754
• ISBN 13: 9781484229750
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 538