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Title:

Navigating Cloud Application Development Challenges

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Organizer:
Adrian Otto, The Rackspace Cloud
Description:
What are the rules of the road when it comes to coding in the cloud? Why do applications fail and how to make sure your application is tuned for success. This panel will discuss the pitfalls and best practices for using open APIs to develop apps for the cloud.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What kinds of apps are best suited for the cloud?
  2. How to properly scale an application for the cloud?
  3. How to prevent site failure under high loads?
  4. Understanding memory-based or file-based cache?
  5. Understanding write-back and write-through cache?
  6. What is blocking versus non-blocking design?
  7. How to implement event-driven updates?
  8. Who’s got APIs and how should you utilize them?
  9. What are some common mistakes of databases ie using it as a weblog or writing in real time?
  10. The next big thing: How do design mobile applications for the cloud?
Level:
Advanced
Category:
Accessibility / Web Standards, Back-End Programming / Databases, Cloud Storage / Delivery
Type:
Solo
Event:
Interactive 2010
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