Understand the principles of cloud computing and how it differs from traditional on-premises or colocation hosting. Get to know multiple API styles and deployment methods. Implement and deploy a cloud application.
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing. Instead of buying, owning, and maintaining physical data centers and servers, we can access technology services, such as computing power, storage, and databases, on an as-needed basis from a cloud provider.
Cloud computing is especially interesting for startups. Even small teams can create platforms with hundreds of servers, functions, and databases without upfront costs. This allows startups to grow with their customer base.
kitchn.io is a startup based in Berlin that automates performance marketing. Depending on the season, current trends, or time of day, their workload can change dramatically. To adapt the platform to their needs, they use scalable cloud infrastructure.
Kitchn.io - Paid Social Ads Automation
Filestage is a startup based in Stuttgart that implements a review and approval process for videos, images, audio, documents, and more. Their workload varies depending on production deadlines and the number of active projects. With a scalable cloud infrastructure, they can adapt to changing workloads and pay only for what they need.
Filestage: The world’s best-rated review and approval platform
Netflix is a further example of a company that uses cloud computing for nearly all its computing and storage needs, including databases, analytics, recommendation engines, video transcoding, and more. Hundreds of functions that in total use more than 100,000 server instances on AWS.
AWS Innovator: Netflix | Case Studies, Videos and Customer Stories
In this course, we will work through different thematic blocks.
We will start with lecture sessions to get familiar with the principals of cloud computing and further related topics.
Understand the principles of cloud computing and how it differs from traditional on-premises or colocation hosting. Get to know the principal service models, major cloud providers and their services. Understand the difference between a traditional and a serverless cloud application. Implement and monitor a simple cloud application.
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Gain an understanding of the REST architectural style for web services, as well as its motivation. Design and document a RESTful API, and learn the differences between it and GraphQL .
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Get to know the fundamentals of GraphQL: understand the query language and its runtime. Design and implement a GraphQL API, and learn the differences between it and REST.
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Understand the core concepts behind Infrastructure as Code and tools like Terraform, that allows to automate the setup and configuration of cloud infrastructure. Setup a Terraform project and apply it to create and manage real infrastructure.
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Grasp the principles of Identity and Access Management (IAM) on Amazon Web Services. Learn how to setup access policies to enable users to access different services and perform actions. Follow the tutorials to start working with IAM.
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