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Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees

By : Nicolas De loof
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Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees

By: Nicolas De loof

Overview of this book

CloudBees offers a Platform as a Service (PaaS) to build, run, manage web applications, and support the entire application lifecycle right from development to deployment.The development and deployment of web- and mobile-based Java applications are the basic services that CloudBees has to offer. With these services you can efficiently build and enhance applications, and connect them to existing networks and systems. Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees introduces you to the concept of Platform as a Service. It talks about the services in detail that developers can leverage in order to build, manage, and deploy their applications with ease onto the cloud. You will learn the intricacies of the CloudBees ecosystem and how it can be extended to match your specific requirements. Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees will get you started with the concepts of PaaS and why it is considered better than other forms of services. You will then learn to create and manage your account, understand the CloudBees ecosystem, and subscribe to the wide array of services available. After this, you will use the clickStart feature that will enable you to set up, run, and host your application on the cloud. You will also venture out into the development phase by understanding Jenkins and how it would help you to build, maintain, and integrate your project build. You will then learn how to use the RUN@CLOUD platform to host your application, and you will also delve into cloud concepts, and understand the architectural constraints and how to monitor the application. Finally, you will deep dive into the extensive capabilities of using clickStack to create or customize your own stack.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

IDE integration


We'll now have a look at the two most common IDEs in Java and how they are integrated with CloudBees.

Eclipse plugin

Eclipse is the most used IDE for Java development, with a large plugin ecosystem to adapt to various use cases. CloudBees has developed its own plugin, so you don't need to leave the comfortable graphical environment in order to integrate with the services.

Installation

The CloudBees plugin is available in Eclipse Marketplace. You can search for cloudbees or just open https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/cloudbees-toolkit-eclipse and drag the install link into your Eclipse workspace. This will automatically open the installer component selection, which looks like this:

The CloudBees plugin has multiple optional components to integrate with various Eclipse technologies:

  • Data Tools Integration : This adds support to CloudBees-hosted MySQL from Eclipse DTP, so you can manage the database schema and data from the IDE

  • Maven integration : This extends M2Eclipse with...