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Hands-On Enterprise Application Development with Python

By : Saurabh Badhwar
Book Image

Hands-On Enterprise Application Development with Python

By: Saurabh Badhwar

Overview of this book

Dynamically typed languages like Python are continuously improving. With the addition of exciting new features and a wide selection of modern libraries and frameworks, Python has emerged as an ideal language for developing enterprise applications. Hands-On Enterprise Application Development with Python will show you how to build effective applications that are stable, secure, and easily scalable. The book is a detailed guide to building an end-to-end enterprise-grade application in Python. You will learn how to effectively implement Python features and design patterns that will positively impact your application lifecycle. The book also covers advanced concurrency techniques that will help you build a RESTful application with an optimized frontend. Given that security and stability are the foundation for an enterprise application, you’ll be trained on effective testing, performance analysis, and security practices, and understand how to embed them in your codebase during the initial phase. You’ll also be guided in how to move on from a monolithic architecture to one that is service oriented, leveraging microservices and serverless deployment techniques. By the end of the book, you will have become proficient at building efficient enterprise applications in Python.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

The different types of cloud deployments


When it comes to enterprises, they are highly sensitive about where their applications are running. This happens because of the fact that the enterprises deal with a wide variety of data that may contain a lot of sensitive information, and any kind of breach may threaten their business. As a developer who is building an enterprise application, it is our responsibility to suggest and decide which kind of cloud deployment should be used for the deployment of the application. Mainly, the type of clouds that exist currently are categorized into two main categories:

  • Public clouds
  • Private clouds

Recently, a third kind of category is also on the rise, known as hybrid cloud. So, let's take a look at what differentiates these clouds from each other, and which one should we use.

Private clouds

A private cloud is a set of computing resources that are tightly governed by an enterprise. These clouds run inside the corporate intranet and are usually located either in...