Chapter 11

Cloud Application Development

In the previous chapters our discussion was focused on research issues in cloud computing. Now we examine computer clouds from the perspective of an application developer. This chapter presents a few recipes that are useful in assembling a cloud computing environment on a local system and in using basic cloud functions.

It is fair to assume that the population of application developers and cloud users is and will continue to be very diverse. Some cloud users have developed and run parallel applications on clusters or other types of systems for many years and expect an easy transition to the cloud. Others are less experienced but willing to learn and expect a smooth learning curve. Many view cloud computing ...

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