Professional Heroku Programming: an Architect's Guide

Chapter 2: Architectural Considerations; Building Twelve-Factor Applications; Managing Your Application Portfolio with Pace Layering; Systems of Record; Systems of Differentiation; Systems of Innovation; Classification; Security and Reliability; Governance; Application Portfolio Management; Ensuring Security and Compliance; Physical Security and Safeguards; Network Security; Dyno- and Stack-Layer Security; Data Retention; Dealing with Security Issues; Certifications, Accreditations, and Compliance; Understanding Redundancy and Reliability; Disaster Recovery and Availability Zones.

A complete guide to building and deploying web apps with Heroku A cloud application platform, Heroku is currently the only approved platform for creating apps within Facebook, and its number of users is growing at rapid pace. However, there are very few books on the market that offer professional-level coverage of this platform, until now. The author duo begins with an introduction to the Heroku platform and its associated core concepts and then goes on to explain how writing for this platform differs from that of traditional development systems. Example applications, additional re.

Professional: Heroku® Programming; Copyright; About the Authors; About the Technical Editor; Credits; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Who this Book is for; What this Book Covers; How this Book is Structured; What you need to use this Book; Conventions; Source Code; Errata; P2P. Wrox.Com; Part I: An Overview of Heroku; Chapter 1: How Heroku Works; How the Stacks Stack Up; Understanding Dynos and the Dyno Manifold; Understanding Dyno Isolation; Exploring the Process Model; Understanding Erosion Resistance; Managing Version Control; Understanding the Slug Compiler; Routing HTTP Requests.

Availability and TransparencySecuring Your Heroku Application; Use a Strong Password for Your Heroku Account; Encrypt All Data in Transit; Encrypt Sensitive Data at Rest; Use Best Practices for Secure Development; Don't Reinvent the Wheel; Verify Security and Compliance Needs with Third-Party Providers; Monitor Your Application's Logs; Encrypting Communications with SSL; Piggybacking on Heroku's SSL Certificate; Using SSL Endpoint; Storing Static Assets and Using CDNs; Storing Static Assets on Amazon S3; Speeding Up International Applications with Amazon CloudFront; Summary.

Chapter 3: Por…