Begin to Code (Paperback)

Rob Miles

ISBN 10: 0138065403 / ISBN 13: 9780138065409

Published by Pearson Education (US), Boston, 2023

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Paperback. This full-color book will inspire you to start solving problems and creating cloud-based applications and games fast, even if youve never done it before. Not just friendly and easy, its the first cloud development beginners 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 programmers tutorial, reflecting deep research into how todays 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 Miless step by step instructions are replicated as screencast videos, hosted on YouTube and linked from the books 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. Miless approach helps you explore key cloud technologies as you learn to address key issues such as security, reliability, and scalability. Heres just some of what youll 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 apps 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 Become a cloud developer a " and have fun doing it! This full-color guide will help you start creating cloud-based apps and games fast, even if you've never done it before. Not just friendly and easy, it puts you in control of your own learning and empowers you to solve problems you care about. Microsoft and author Rob Miles have reinvented the Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Begin to Code (Paperback)
• Publisher: Pearson Education (US), Boston
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0138065403
• ISBN 13: 9780138065409
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Become a cloud developer ― and have fun doing it!

This full-color guide will help you start creating cloud-based apps and games fast, even if you've never done it before. Not just friendly and easy, it puts you in control of your own learning and empowers you to solve problems you care about. Microsoft and author Rob Miles have reinvented the introductory tutorial, reflecting deep research into how newcomers learn. Begin to Code is packed with innovations, from debugging challenges to step-by-step Make Something Happen exercises replicated as YouTube videos linked directly from the book. Miles puts code in context, showing how modern cloud applications are deployed and run, how their elements combine into working systems, and how key cloud technologies help you address security, reliability, and scalability. Easy, friendly, and you're in control!

Learn how to…

• Recognize what's unique about cloud-based software and why JavaScript is ideal for developing them
• Move JavaScript code onto the cloud, and add programmed behavior to web pages
• Create active sites and generate dynamic web content
• Use the Node.js framework to write programs that run on servers and respond to browser requests
• Build shared applications that use services and JSON data transfer
• Host and optimize shared game experiences in the cloud
• Consider ethical and privacy issues as you design new cloud apps and services
• Streamline and improve cloud development with Express Framework, node package manager, and Git
• Use professional techniques to deliver reliable, secure, and well performing solutions
• Build cloud-hosted programs that interact with file stores and databases
• Configure and deploy a working application, step by step
• Get started with cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) development

About This Book

• For beginners who've never written code for the cloud
• For anyone who's been frustrated with other beginning programming books or courses
• For people who've started out in other environments and now want to code for the cloud

About the Author

Rob Miles spent more than 30 years teaching programming at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. He's a Microsoft MVP with a passion for programming and creating new things. He runs a tiny company promoting the use of software and devices in the community and loves building things and putting code into them. He reckons that programming is the most creative thing you can learn how to do. He claims to know a lot of really good jokes, but nobody has ever heard him tell one. If you want an insight into the Wacky World™ of Rob Miles, you can read his blog at www.robmiles.com and follow him on Twitter as @RobMiles.