Publisher Description

This full-color book will inspire you to start solving problems and creating cloud-based applications and games fast, even if you've never done it before. Not just friendly and easy, it's the first cloud development beginner's guide that puts you in control of your own learning, and empowers you to build unique programs to solve problems you care about. Microsoft and author Rob Miles have reinvented the introductory programmer's tutorial, reflecting deep research into how today's newcomers learn, and why other books fall short. This guide is packed with innovations, including its "Snaps" library of pre-built operations that are easy to combine your own unique programs, Cookie Cutter templates give you a flying start, and "Make Something Happen" projects help you build skills by creating your own programs. All example code is provided as a GitHub repository, and Miles's step by step instructions are replicated as screencast videos, hosted on YouTube and linked from the book's website. Author Rob Miles recognizes that learning to program is now just the first step in becoming a successful application developer. The next step is gaining a solid understanding of how modern applications are deployed and used from the cloud. The best way to do this to set up a strong solution-focused context and discover how elements hosted in the cloud are fitted together to make a working system. Miles's approach helps you explore key cloud technologies as you learn to address key issues such as security, reliability, and scalability. Here's just some of what you'll do: Explore where the cloud came from, what it does, and how to use it safelyBuild a web page, add JavaScript interactions to it, and host it in the cloudIntegrate JavaScript with the cloud to make the most of bothEstablish efficient workflows for any application projectLeverage cloud application services to easily extend your app's capabilitiesStart building solutions for the Internet of ThingsGet started with cloud game developmentTest and debug your code with "What can go wrong" sectionsUse practical, downloadable code samples to jumpstart your own projects

Table of Contents

Part I: The Cloud 1. Where Did the Cloud Come From? 2. What Does the Cloud Do? 3. How Safe is the Cloud? Part II: Make a Cloud-Based Application 4. Make a Web Page 5. Add JavaScript to a Web Page 6. Host a Web Page in the Cloud 7. How do JavaScript and the Cloud Fit Together? 8. Application Workflow Part III: Building with Cloud Technologies 9. Application Services 10. The Cloud and the Internet of Things 11. Cloud Gaming

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Quickly start creating reliable, secure apps that are hosted in the cloud and powered by JavaScript! The latest title in Microsoft's new series of full-color programming books, designed from the ground up to empower today's beginners and near-beginners By the author of Begin to Code with C#, Begin to Code with Python, and Begin to Code with JavaScript: programming guides that give you creative, hands-on input into how you learn Covers cloud concepts, cloud development with JavaScript, workflows, application services, the Internet of Things, cloud gaming, and more Exclusive Snaps library and "Make Something Happen" exercises help beginners grow skills and build original code Reflects deep analysis of what hasn't worked in previous guides, and innovative thinking about how to teach programming more effectively A perfect complement to any other book or course on cloud development

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