Mastering Data-Intensive Applications: Building for Scale, Speed, and Resilience

di Chuck Sherman (Autore)

May Reads, 2024

In an era dominated by data, the ability to harness its power is a game-changer for businesses and industries. "Mastering Data-Intensive Applications" is your definitive guide to navigating the complex landscape of building and managing applications that can handle the massive volumes of data that define the modern world. This book delves into the core principles, strategies, and best practices required to architect, develop, and maintain data-intensive applications that excel in scale, speed, and resilience. Whether you're a seasoned software engineer, a system architect, or a technical leader, this book will empower you to conquer the challenges of working with data at an unprecedented scale. Key Features: Foundational Knowledge: Understand the fundamental concepts that underpin data-intensive applications, from various data storage options like databases and data lakes to processing techniques such as batch processing, stream processing, and more. Scaling Strategies: Discover the art of scaling your applications to handle increasing loads of data. Learn about load balancing, sharding, replication, and other techniques for ensuring performance and availability. Optimizing for Speed: Explore optimization techniques that enhance data retrieval and processing speed. Dive into caching mechanisms, indexing strategies, and denormalization to achieve lightning-fast performance. Resilience and Reliability: Grasp the importance of data resilience and disaster recovery. Learn about replication, high availability, and techniques for maintaining data consistency even in the face of failures. Security and Compliance: Delve into data security practices, encryption methods, and compliance considerations to safeguard sensitive information and meet regulatory requirements. Cutting-Edge Paradigms: Uncover the world of data-intensive computing paradigms, from classic MapReduce and stream processing to the integration of machine learning pipelines and graph processing. Real-World Case Studies: Gain insights from real-life case studies across industries like social media, e-commerce, healthcare, and IoT. Learn how successful applications are built to address unique challenges. Future-Ready Insights: Explore emerging trends such as serverless computing, edge computing, and the intersection of AI and data-intensive applications, preparing you for the technologies of tomorrow. "Mastering Data-Intensive Applications" is more than just a technical manual—it's a comprehensive journey through the intricacies of modern application development. Authored by experts in the field, this book combines theoretical knowledge with practical wisdom, enabling you to create applications that are not only responsive and robust but also capable of extracting valuable insights from the vast sea of data. Equip yourself with the skills to architect data-intensive applications that excel in scale, speed, and resilience. Whether you're building the next social media sensation, revolutionizing e-commerce, or driving advancements in healthcare analytics, this book will be your steadfast companion in the world of data-intensive application mastery.

• Autore: Chuck Sherman
• Anno edizione: 2024
• Editore: May Reads
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798224766574

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