Abstract
As cloud computing continues to burgeon throughout the technology sphere, it becomes essential to understand the significance of this emerging technology. By its nature, it offers an organization a great deal of agility and cost savings. Cloud technologies are being applied and leveraged in different applications fueling growth in the number of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) vendors. The business delivery models of cloud computing have raised interests across the IT industry as the resources are offered as utilities and on demand. From a developer perspective, it is important to grasp the nuances of cloud-based application development to improve the development process. This chapter discusses best practices in relation to some of the celebrated cloud features. Furthermore, most common and well-known features of cloud frameworks are presented to aid the developer’s choice. Lastly, comparative cloud-based architectural discussion on developing and deploying a Web application using industry popular frameworks is presented. Although, cloud computing as a service/development paradigm addresses several well-known issues like scalability and availability, there are several concerns with respect to security and privacy of data which has opened doors for research opportunities. Some plausible research directions are also identified.
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Muppalla, A.K., Pramod, N., Srinivasa, K.G. (2013). Efficient Practices and Frameworks for Cloud-Based Application Development. In: Mahmood, Z., Saeed, S. (eds) Software Engineering Frameworks for the Cloud Computing Paradigm. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5031-2_14
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