This IBM® Redbooks® publication is designed to teach university students and app developers the foundation skills that are required to develop, test, and deploy cloud-based applications on IBM Cloud. It shows the latest features of IBM Cloud for developing cloud applications, enhancing applications by using managed services, and the use of DevOps services to manage applications. This book is used as presentations guide for the IBM Skills Academy track Cloud Application Developer and as preparation material for the IBM professional certification exam IBM Certified Application Developer - Cloud Platform. The primary target audience for this course is university students in undergraduate computer science and computer engineer programs with no previous experience working in cloud environments. However, anyone new to cloud computing or IBM Cloud can also benefit from this course.

Designed as a companion guide to the university course, this book will teach students the basic skills that are required to develop, deploy, and test cloud-based applications that use the IBM Bluemix cloud services. --

Designed for university students and app developers, This IBM Redbooks publication teaches the foundation skills that are required to develop, test, and deploy cloud-based applications on IBM Cloud. --

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication gives readers a broad understanding of IBM BluemixTM cloud application development platform capabilities. Providing a platform as a service (PaaS) environment as one of its run times, along with containers and virtual machines, Bluemix uses the Cloud Foundry project as one of its open source technologies to accelerate new application development and DevOps methods. It provides optimized and flexible workloads, enables continuous availability, and simplifies delivery and manageability of an application by providing prebuilt services and hosting capabilities. The paper reviews the Bluemix architecture, explains how it works, describes key concepts and components, and provides an overview of Bluemix security. It also covers the various Bluemix service categories and the services within each category. This information will help anyone who is interested in exploring the potential and capabilities of Bluemix and its services.

Demystify application development on cloud platform by leveraging the power of IBM Bluemix About This Book The first book in the market that discusses the power of IBM Bluemix Shows developers how to develop and deploy applications on the cloud platform using IBM Bluemix A comprehensive guide to help you get started with IBM Bluemix also featuring samples applications Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at developers seeking to learn application development and deployment methods on IBM Bluemix. A basic knowledge of Java and Node.js is assumed. What You Will Learn Discover IBM Bluemix as a PaaS platform and learn about its three delivery models Develop and deploy a "Hello World" application on IBM Bluemix using the Cloud Foundry command line utility and the Bluemix console Extend your application by using the API or services provided by IBM Bluemix Understand microservices architecture and learn how to develop a sample application based on microservices architecture, using IBM Bluemix Learn how to leverage on-premise software and build an application on IBM Bluemix Scale and monitor an application on IBM Bluemix Explore the compute options on IBM Bluemix and work with each of them Build a mobile client application using Mobile services on IBM Bluemix In Detail IBM Bluemix is an open standard platform for building, running, and managing applications on the cloud. With Bluemix, developers can build innovative applications using various compute options and value added services , developers can also manage the application lifecycle using the platform provided DevOps services. Learning IBM Bluemix will take you on a journey from the basics of IBM Bluemix to working with the platform to developing and deploying of modern applications. The sample application use cases employed in the book will introduce you to the transformative nexus of cloud, mobile, and security, all enabled through capabilities provided out-of-the-box by IBM Bluemix. By the end of the book, you will have understood the benefits and use cases for IBM Bluemix, and will possess the skills to further explore the platform and thus develop, deploy, and secure your own innovative, new-age applications. Style and approach This comprehensive, step-by-step guide to learning IBM Bluemix will cover everything that is required to build, deploy, manage, and secure an application on the cloud.