Application fundamentals for the cloud
We'll begin with some key takeaways in cloud versus on-premise development practices. In the cloud, there are many ways to solve a problem, so work at keeping it simple – try not to engineer your way to complexity. Keep in mind the basics behind application architecture, shown in Figure 1, and work at solving the layers as simply as you possibly can.
Everyone in their journey to the cloud has been bitten by the complexity bug and has learned that lesson:
Figure 1: The basic application architecture layers
Tackling these layers and defining them as early as possible is an essential part of the cloud architecture and will enable each part of the organization to contribute to the application as a whole, meaning security, development, operations, and testing get an early seat at the table. The biggest part of being a successful cloud architect is learning to empower those around you to be successful in their roles and to...
