Cloud Architecture Patterns: Using Microsoft Azure
182 pages | (Oct 5, 2012) | English | ISBN: 1449319777 | PDF + EPUB | 10 MB

If your team is investigating ways to design applications for the cloud, this concise book introduces 11 architecture patterns that can help you take advantage of several cloud-platform services.

You’ll learn how each of these platform-agnostic patterns work, when they might be useful in the cloud, and what impact they’ll have on your application architecture. You’ll also see an example of each pattern applied to an application built with Windows Azure.

Selectors, Specificity, and the Cascade
86 pages | (Oct 12, 2012) | English | ISBN: 1449342493 | PDF + EPUB | 11 MB

Exactly how does the "cascade" in Cascading Style Sheets work? This concise guide demonstrates the power and simplicity of CSS selectors for applying style rules to different web page elements

Building a Windows IT Infrastructure in the Cloud: Distributed Hosted Environments with AWS
186 pages | (Oct 9, 2012) | English | ISBN: 1449333583 | PDF + EPUB | 20 MB

Run your entire corporate IT infrastructure in a cloud environment that you control completely—and do it inexpensively and securely with help from this hands-on book. All you need to get started is basic IT experience.

You’ll learn how to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build a private Windows domain, complete with Active Directory, enterprise email, instant messaging, IP telephony, automated management, and other services. By the end of the book, you’ll have a fully functioning IT infrastructure you can operate for less than $300 per month.