Professional: Heroku® Programming -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- About the Technical Editor -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who this Book is for -- What this Book Covers -- How this Book is Structured -- What you need to use this Book -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- P2P.Wrox.Com -- Part I: An Overview of Heroku -- Chapter 1: How Heroku Works -- How the Stacks Stack Up -- Understanding Dynos and the Dyno Manifold -- Understanding Dyno Isolation -- Exploring the Process Model -- Understanding Erosion Resistance -- Managing Version Control -- Understanding the Slug Compiler -- Routing HTTP Requests -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Architectural Considerations -- Building Twelve-Factor Applications -- Managing Your Application Portfolio with Pace Layering -- Systems of Record -- Systems of Differentiation -- Systems of Innovation -- Classification -- Security and Reliability -- Governance -- Application Portfolio Management -- Ensuring Security and Compliance -- Physical Security and Safeguards -- Network Security -- Dyno- and Stack-Layer Security -- Data Retention -- Dealing with Security Issues -- Certifications, Accreditations, and Compliance -- Understanding Redundancy and Reliability -- Disaster Recovery and Availability Zones -- Availability and Transparency -- Securing Your Heroku Application -- Use a Strong Password for Your Heroku Account -- Encrypt All Data in Transit -- Encrypt Sensitive Data at Rest -- Use Best Practices for Secure Development -- Don't Reinvent the Wheel -- Verify Security and Compliance Needs with Third-Party Providers -- Monitor Your Application's Logs -- Encrypting Communications with SSL -- Piggybacking on Heroku's SSL Certificate -- Using SSL Endpoint -- Storing Static Assets and Using CDNs -- Storing Static Assets on Amazon S3.

Speeding Up International Applications with Amazon CloudFront -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Porting your Applications to Heroku -- Understanding Differences from Traditional Filesystems -- Ephemeral Filesystems -- Multi-Dyno Applications -- Considerations for Porting Existing Applications -- Choosing a Data Store -- Using Heroku Postgres as a Data Store -- Using Database.com as a Data Store -- Using Add-On Data Stores -- Using a Third-Party Data-as-a-Service Provider -- Using Multiple Data Stores -- Considerations for Porting Existing Applications -- Managing Sessions -- Understanding Caching -- Storing Static Assets -- Managing Configuration Variables -- Replacing Web Servers and Containers -- Managing Dependencies -- E-Mailing from Your Application -- Running Cron Jobs -- Understanding Logging -- Relying on External Programs -- Scaling Up versus Scaling Out -- Binding to Ports -- Managing Long-Running Processes -- Shutting Down Gracefully -- Moving Your Domain -- HTTPS over SSL -- Considerations for Porting Existing Applications -- Summary -- Part II: Creating and Managing Heroku Applications -- Chapter 4: Deploying Your Applications to Heroku -- Installing the Heroku Toolbelt -- Git -- Foreman -- The Heroku Client -- Interacting with Heroku via the Command-Line Interface -- The Magic of git push -- Post Deploy Hooks -- Navigating the Heroku Dashboard -- Changing Your Application's Name -- Adding Custom Domains -- Adding Custom Collaborators -- Scaling Resources -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Managing Releases with Heroku -- Managing Multiple Environments -- Managing Configuration Variables -- Securing Development Environments -- Versioning and Rolling Back Releases -- Using Deploy Hooks -- Managing Planned Downtime and Custom Error Pages -- Implementing Continuous Integration -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Working with Add-Ons -- The Heroku Add-On Ecosystem.

Architectural Considerations -- Exploring Popular Add-Ons -- SQL-Based Data Stores -- NoSQL-Based Data Stores -- Search -- Logging and Monitoring -- Installing Add-Ons -- Installing Add-Ons from the Heroku Dashboard -- Installing Add-Ons from the Command-Line Interface -- Creating Add-Ons -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Managing, Monitoring, and Scaling Your Heroku Applications -- Adding Custom Domains -- Viewing Logs and Associated Tools -- Managing and Tuning Performance -- Performance Management with New Relic -- Performance Tuning Guidelines -- Leveraging the Heroku API -- Administration Options -- Mobile -- Multi-Accounts -- Heroku Manager -- Summary -- Part III: Using a Data Store with your Heroku Applications -- Chapter 8: Using Heroku Postgres as a Data Store for your Heroku Applications -- Getting Started with Heroku Postgres -- Understanding Continuous Protection -- Understanding Automated Health Checks -- Creating a Higher-Availability Database Architecture -- Creating Databases -- Forking Databases -- Creating Database Followers -- Managing Databases -- Monitoring Databases -- Choosing the Right Plan -- Deleting Databases -- Backing Up Data -- Importing Data -- Using Advanced Features -- Sharing Information with Data Clips -- Using hstore for Schema-Free Data Storage -- Cancelling Queries -- Creating a Sample App -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Using Database.com as a Data Store for your Heroku Applications -- Getting Started with Database.com -- Creating a Database -- Importing and Exporting Data -- Managing Your Database -- Creating a Sample Application -- Managing Users -- Authenticating Users -- Using Advanced Features -- Understanding Profiles and Sharing -- Enforcing Data Integrity with Validation Rules -- Automating with Workflow Rules -- Managing Change with Test Databases -- Storing Files -- Automating with Apex Triggers.

Leveraging Social Graphs -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Using Third-Party Data Stores for your Heroku Applications -- SQL-Based Options -- MySQL -- Alternative Postgres - JustOneDB -- NoSQL-Based Options -- MongoDB -- Redis -- Apache Cassandra -- Apache CouchDB -- Attaching Existing Data Stores -- Summary -- Part IV: Programming on Heroku's Polyglot Platform -- Chapter 11: Developing with Ruby -- Understanding Ruby -- Installing Ruby on Your Local Workstation -- Managing Dependencies -- Creating an Application with the Rails Framework -- Writing the Application -- Signing Up for a Twilio Account -- Deploying the Application to Heroku -- Testing the Application -- Creating an Application with the Sinatra Framework -- Writing the Application -- Deploying the Application to Heroku -- Testing the Application -- Using Delayed Job for Background Jobs -- Setting Up Delayed Job -- Deploying the Application to Heroku -- Testing Delayed Job -- Caching with Ruby -- Porting Ruby Applications to Heroku -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Developing with Java -- Understanding Java -- Writing Enterprise Applications on Heroku -- Installing the Java Development Kit -- Installing on Windows -- Installing on Mac OS X -- Installing on Linux -- Managing Dependencies -- Writing a Containerless Application with Embedded Jetty -- Writing an Application with the Spring Framework and Hibernate on Tomcat -- Writing an Application with the Play Framework -- Deploying a WAR File Directly to Heroku -- Additional Considerations -- Porting Java Applications to Heroku -- Session Management and Caching -- Memory Management -- Continuous Integration -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Developing with Other Supported Languages -- Developing with Python -- Additional Considerations -- Developing with Node.js -- Additional Considerations -- Developing with Clojure -- Additional Considerations.

Developing with Scala -- Additional Considerations -- Developing with Groovy Using the Grails Framework -- Additional Considerations -- Developing Non-Facebook Applications on PHP -- Additional Considerations -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Understanding Buildpacks -- How Buildpacks Work -- bin/detect -- bin/compile -- bin/release -- Developing .NET Applications on Heroku -- Developing Perl Applications on Heroku -- Packaging Binary Buildpack Dependencies -- Creating Custom Buildpacks -- Building the Blassic Binary on Vulcan -- Creating the Build Scripts -- Pushing Your Buildpack to a Public Git Repository -- Creating and Deploying Your Application to Heroku -- Summary -- Part V: Creating a New Generation of Heroku Applications -- Chapter 15: Building Mobile Applications with Heroku -- Understanding Mobile Development Architectures -- Native Mobile Applications -- HTML5 Mobile Applications -- Hybrid Mobile Applications -- Using a Central Data Repository for Mobile Applications -- Writing an HTML5 Mobile Application -- Creating the Back End -- Creating the Front End -- Using Toolkits and Add-Ons for Mobile Application Development -- StackMob -- Parse -- RhoConnect -- PubNub -- BoxCar -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Building Social Applications with Heroku -- Writing Facebook Applications with PHP -- Creating a Facebook Canvas Application -- Writing the Contest App Code -- Deploying the Application to Heroku -- Making Heroku Applications Social with the Chatter API -- Creating a Shadow Object in Database.com -- Summary -- Appendix: Additional Resources -- The Heroku Website -- The Heroku Dev Center -- Professional Heroku Programming's GitHub Repository -- Log a Ticket with Heroku Support -- Heroku Ninja -- Heroku Java -- Stack Overflow -- Heroku Community Google Group -- Heroku IRC Channel -- Heroku's Twitter Accounts -- Heroku's Official Blog -- Heroku News.

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