Aws for Developers for Dummies 1st Edition

As a Computer Forensics Expert, I literally need to know something about everything in the IT Universe. I don’t need to know everything and I don’t need to be an expert, but I need to know enough to understand a particular platform or service and be able to gain a rudimentary skillset quickly.Some of the For Dummies books have helped me in this regard and this is one that goes on that list.Amazon Web services (AWS) is immensely powerful Just in its tier of free services, it offers 24 services, most of which would have been unavailable to the average person or small business just a few years ago. But the availability of a service without the ability to access and use it is useless.That’s where author John Paul Mueller comes in.In “AWS for Developers For Dummies’, he lays out the pathway to learning how to use AWS.This book is to be praised for its 1-2-3 approach to the basics. It is intended for beginners and is very helpful.Mueller’s language is clear, relatively jargon-free and he has loaded the text with easy to follow (and useful) examples. Plentiful illustrations and examples make learning the basics of AWS simple, though not labor-free.Of course, you need to know your own platform, such as Windows or Macintosh, before you start with AWS. Quite frankly, those who are not familiar with the Command Line Interface (CLI) would benefit by gaining some experience with it before starting this book or attempting to use AWS.For people who want a quick introduction to AWS without spending a humongous amount of time learning esoterica, this is an excellent starting point.Jerry

Not completely finish the AWS book but when starting to read the text, it responded to question, having when taking AWS as a college course. For example, the architectural question, also the testing process, do not get me wrong, the college course was very informative, also had the same information but more, but in college reading the information is all over the place. With the AWS for developers (for dummies), it explain the process in order, when reading a curtain points in the book have a better understanding where the topic is going. The AWS book give the reader web links to discuss the application to understand the application and approach.

I don’t usually go for the “for dummies” series because they tend to be kind of basic, but this book is a exception.It covers much of the basics but reads more like a technical manual than a step-by-step guide, however it’s still great for novices to AWS. It's very detailed and much more readable than the official Amazon documentation. However, it doesn't give specifics, like how to set up a server environment or scaling an app on AWS. As such, I can only recommend this book for people who know a good working knowledge about cloud computing but need to learn the specifics about Amazon Web Services.

The book is a laundry list of aws products, sprinkled with links to other documents and products, but no explanation of how or why you would use any of the services; and stuffed with off-topic blurbs on barely relevant topics. A book badly in need of an over-arching structure.