Useful Cloud Computing Tutorials

Cloud computing is the future, you may have heard someone say this before. Here are 11 tutorials that will get you through various aspects of dealing with the cloud.

1. Using Google Weather API In A C# Application

This one teaches you the basics of getting the weather with Google weather API.

2. Using Tropo & Python To Have The Phone Tell Us The Weather

According to the user, this tutorial teaches you to set up an automatic phone system and, using Python, design it to answer the phone and tell you the weather in your area based on the zip code you give the program.

3. FaceBook FBML Ajax / PHP Interaction

Did you think HTML is the only markup language that you need to know about? Well, think again. This tutorial deals with three languages, FBML (Facebook Markup Language), PHP and Ajax.

4. Faces In The Cloud: High-Throughput Data Processing W / Message Queues

Want to set up a grid computing cluster that can leverage a high-performing message queue for arbitration? Here is a user teaching you just how to do so.

5. Scraping Tweets Using Python And Flask

Most scripting languages are good at scraping information of a web page, but Python is exceptionally good at it. So, this tutorial takes the Python programming language and the Flask micro-framework and teaches you how to scrape tweets.

6. Icon Using Python And Google Translate

This tutorial covers three things. First, it teaches you how to use Python to write a simple script for translating text to be used in other applications. Second, you will learn to scrape HTML using BeautifulSoup and lastly, using the Google AJAX service for translation purposes.

7. Google Data Java Client API

The Google Data Protocol is an application package interface designed by Google, which in turn allows developers to interact with various Google functions, like docs etc.

8. [PHP] Building Automated Twitter Bot With Twitters API Functionality

This tutorial teaches you how to make a bot for Twitter using the PHP programming language.

9. Facebook PHP API And XFBML On Iframe

You need to understand PHP, HTML and JavaScript for this one. It teaches you how to make a Facebook application using PHP and XFBML.

10. Using The Python Twitter API

This tutorial teaches you how to write a basic Twitter client using the Python Twitter API.

11. [C#] Twitter API: Get User Timeline

This user generated tutorial gets you started with building a .Net library for the Twitter API. 

Author : Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill 

Useful Cloud Computing Tutorials

Want to do your own thing on the cloud? Play around with Twitter or Facebook? Build Facebook apps? Well, these books could be a great way to start with. 

Cloud computing is the future, you may have heard someone say this before. Here are 11 tutorials that will get you through various aspects of dealing with the cloud.

1. Using Google Weather API In A C# Application

This one teaches you the basics of getting the weather with Google weather API.

2. Using Tropo & Python To Have The Phone Tell Us The Weather

According to the user, this tutorial teaches you to set up an automatic phone system and, using Python, design it to answer the phone and tell you the weather in your area based on the zip code you give the program.

3. FaceBook FBML Ajax / PHP Interaction

Did you think HTML is the only markup language that you need to know about? Well, think again. This tutorial deals with three languages, FBML (Facebook Markup Language), PHP and Ajax.

4. Faces In The Cloud: High-Throughput Data Processing W / Message Queues

Want to set up a grid computing cluster that can leverage a high-performing message queue for arbitration? Here is a user teaching you just how to do so.

5. Scraping Tweets Using Python And Flask

Most scripting languages are good at scraping information of a web page, but Python is exceptionally good at it. So, this tutorial takes the Python programming language and the Flask micro-framework and teaches you how to scrape tweets.

6. Icon Using Python And Google Translate

This tutorial covers three things. First, it teaches you how to use Python to write a simple script for translating text to be used in other applications. Second, you will learn to scrape HTML using BeautifulSoup and lastly, using the Google AJAX service for translation purposes.

7. Google Data Java Client API

The Google Data Protocol is an application package interface designed by Google, which in turn allows developers to interact with various Google functions, like docs etc.

8. [PHP] Building Automated Twitter Bot With Twitters API Functionality

This tutorial teaches you how to make a bot for Twitter using the PHP programming language.

9. Facebook PHP API And XFBML On Iframe

You need to understand PHP, HTML and JavaScript for this one. It teaches you how to make a Facebook application using PHP and XFBML.

10. Using The Python Twitter API

This tutorial teaches you how to write a basic Twitter client using the Python Twitter API.

11. [C#] Twitter API: Get User Timeline

This user generated tutorial gets you started with building a .Net library for the Twitter API. 

Author : Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill

9 Best Cloud Computing Books

CodeKill Group brings a list of books on Cloud Computing worth taking a look at. 

Internet has a whale of material for those who want to know about Cloud Computing. We take you through some of the useful books that you can read along with their brief description to get you an idea.

1 – Cloud Computing Explained: Implementation Handbook for Enterprises – This book is authored by John Rhoton and is a beginner’s handbook to cloud computing. The book goes in great depth in explaining the concept of the cloud, the different definitions that apply to it and the nature of the philosophy that go behind it along with reflecting the benefits and risks involved with this new platform of computing. You can buy the book from -
here

2 – Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide – This book is authored by David S. Linthicum. It is a detailed work outlining the metrics and logistics with cloud computing along with its interrelations with other components of a business in an overall environment. You can buy the book from -
here

3 – Cloud Application Architectures: Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud – This book is authored by George Reese. It is a reflection of the working of design logic behind cloud software and how it can be approached from a design and programmatic perspective. It is targeted for developers and designers who have a complete understanding of the matter. You can buy the book
here

4 – Cloud Security and Privacy: An Enterprise Perspective on Risks and Compliance – This book is authored by Tim Mather. It takes a look at alleged security risks, privacy complications and other paranoid ideas making us fear and presume about SaaS and cloud computing. The author allows for certain great cases for real as well as mythical concerns, risks and preventative measures. You can buy this book from
here

5 – Enterprise Cloud Computing: A strategy Guide for Business and Technology Leaders – This book is authored by Andy Mulholland and is a must read. It gives a different introductory perspective to the cloud on an enterprise scale. It is clearly one of the great cloud computing books. You can buy the book from
here

6 - IBM Smart Storage Cloud (PDF 116P) - This paper is for those who want to learn about storage clouds and the way IBM addresses data storage challenges with smart storage cloud solutions. It is good for IBM clients, storage solution integrators, and IBM specialist sales representatives. You can download the book from -
here

7 - Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing This is the second version of the Cloud Security Alliance’s “Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing”. This book aims to provide guidance and inspiration for supporting your business requirements while managing new risks. You can download the book from
here

8 - Introduction to Cloud Computing (PDF slides 34P) This consists of a definition of Cloud Computing, Amazon, Google and Microsoft Azure Services, Cloud Services Taxonomy, Large Data Centers and various Models of Computing. You can download this book from
here

9 - Introduction to Cloud Computing architecture (PDF 40P) This covers topics like nature of Cloud Computing, Architectural Considerations for Iaas, Sun and Cloud Computing. You can download the book from
here

Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill