Professional Heroku Programming
- 7h 49m
- Brad Gyger, Chris Kemp
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2013
A cloud application platform, Heroku is currently the only approved platform for creating apps within Facebook, and its number of users is growing at rapid pace. However, there are very few books on the market that offer professional-level coverage of this platform, until now. The author duo begins with an introduction to the Heroku platform and its associated core concepts and then goes on to explain how writing for this platform differs from that of traditional development systems. Example applications, additional resources, and advice for your next steps round out this resource, making it a thorough, indispensable guide.
- Features information not found anywhere else, as both authors work for Heroku
- Explains the inner workings of Heroku with special emphasis placed on building web and mobile applications
- Introduces GIT-based development workflow and the process model within the Heroku platform
- Details coding, building, deploying, and scaling effectively using the Heroku tool base
Providing you with fully functional code and downloadable code examples, Professional Heroku Programming is your complete guide to mastering this platform.
About the Authors
Chris Kemp is on the Salesforce.com Advanced Technical Solutions team. He is the global leader of the Heroku expert group and is generally acknowledged to be one of the leading Heroku experts at Salesforce.com.
Brad Gyger is the Manager of the Customer Advocacy Team at Heroku. He and his team are tasked with ensuring that all users are able to optimize their experience on the Heroku platform.
In this Book
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How Heroku Works
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Architectural Considerations
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Porting Your Applications to Heroku
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Deploying Your Applications to Heroku
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Managing Releases with Heroku
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Working with Add-Ons
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Managing, Monitoring, and Scaling Your Heroku Applications
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Using Heroku Postgres as a Data Store for Your Heroku Applications
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Using Database.com as a Data Store for Your Heroku Applications
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Using Third-Party Data Stores for Your Heroku Applications
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Developing with Ruby
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Developing with Java
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Developing with Other Supported Languages
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Understanding Buildpacks
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Building Mobile Applications with Heroku
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Building Social Applications with Heroku
