To get the most out of this book

Although this book is suitable for any IT professional who wishes to explore the hybrid cloud platform and develop applications, to get the most out of this book, the reader is expected to know basics of cloud computing and object oriented programming. Familiarity with C# or Python will be very helpful to understand the code examples in this book.

To try out the code in this book, the reader must have a PC with standard configuration with basic knowledge of running C# or Python programs.

Download the example code files

You can download the example code files for this book from your account at www.packtpub.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit www.packtpub.com/support and register to have the files emailed directly to you.

You can download the code files by following these steps:

1. Log in or register at www.packtpub.com.
2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
3. Click on Code Downloads & Errata.
4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

• WinRAR/7-Zip for Windows
• Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hybrid-Cloud-for-Developers. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it from https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/HybridCloudforDevelopers_ColorImages.pdf.

Code in action

Visit the following link to check out the code in action:

https://goo.gl/xmbUzE

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Invoke this function by calling it from the main() function."

A block of code is set as follows:

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    createS3Bucket(); // invoke the method to create an S3 bucket
    listS3Buckets(); // invoke the method to list all S3 buckets
    Console.ReadKey();
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    createS3Bucket(); // invoke the method to create an S3 bucket
    listS3Buckets(); // invoke the method to list all S3 buckets
    Console.ReadKey();
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

[ec2-user ~] # aws s3 cp s3://<bucketname>/<path to file>/<filename>     myfile.txt 

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Next, click on Continue to select your Support Plan."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.