Summary

This is just a warm-up. In this chapter, we cloned one of the simplest popular Internet applications around, TinyURL. Later applications will gradually get more complicated. We started off the chapter with a general introduction to URL shorteners and a list of pros and cons of using URL shorteners. Then we listed the main features and discussed the design of our URL shortener, called Tinyclone. This set the foundation for the discussion on actual construction of the application. After designing our clone, we went briefly into a short refresher on the technologies used before going into detail on how the application was built.

The chapter broke up the application into a data model and an application flow discussion. Both parts were discussed and explained in detail. Finally, we ended the chapter with a description of how Tinyclone can be deployed. We discussed two options for deployment—one to a normal server (simulated locally) by running it off the command line and the other to Heroku...