Programming Azure by Sriram Krishnan (9780596801977)
Sriram Krishnan
Release Date: 15 May 2010 Format: Paperback / softback Pages: 345 Category: Microsoft Programming Publisher: Oreilly ISBN: 9780596801977 ISBN-10: 0596801971
Learn the ins and outs of cloud computing with Windows Azure, the operating system for Microsoft's new Internet services platform. Programming Azure demonstrates clearly how to use Azure's intricate programming model and essential storage services to build, deploy, host, and manage applications in the cloud through Microsoft's data centers. Azure is an open platform, so not only can you take advantage of your development skills with Visual Studio, you can also use third-party tools and languages such as Eclipse, Ruby, PHP, and Python. This book includes input from Azure's key senior architects and developers to help understand the reasoning behind its features, along with what they are and how they work. Azure represents an important new cloud computing option, and Programming Azure helps you make the most of this service.