Chapter 12. Cloud and DevOps

We did not want to end the book without talking about Cloud and DevOps functions. Having a server in house is not a good solution when Cloud platforms exist; so, in this chapter, you will understand why you should use Cloud for your application and which provider is the best for your requirements. Also, you will learn how to deploy your application into these Cloud platforms using automated tools.

The DevOps' role is closely related to the Cloud, so we will go through this subject and what the DevOps tasks are.

What is Cloud?

The fastest way to explain what we know as Cloud is by saying that the Cloud is the delivery of online services hosted on the Internet, but we can also say that Cloud allows us to consume digital ...

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