An easy-to-follow, hands-on guide that clearly explains the various components of the Heroku platform and provides step-by-step guidance as well as numerous examples on how to build and troubleshoot robust and scalable production-ready web applications on the Heroku platform. This book is intended for those who want to learn Heroku the right way. Perhaps you are new to Heroku or are someone who has heard about Heroku but have not built anything significant with it. You should have knowledge or familiarity with cloud computing and basic knowledge of database and network deployment.
What you will learn
Recognize the components of the Heroku infrastructure and how they work together to give a seamless platform experience
Write an application using any supported language (Ruby, Java, PHP, Python, and more) and deploy it easily and instantly
Run and scale your cloud application on demand using a variety of useful Heroku commands
Secure and debug your cloud application faster using popular techniques and tools
Reuse the provided samples to build agile and robust applications
Extend your application features by using simple plugins and addons
Manage all your applications intuitively using the onestop Heroku dashboard