Here is the expert-level, insider guidance you need on using Azure SQL
Database as your back-end data store. This book highlights best
practices in everything ranging from full-stack projects to mobile
applications to critical, back-end APIs. The book provides instruction
on accessing your data from any language and platform. And you learn how
to push processing-intensive work into the database engine to be near
the data and avoid undue networking traffic. Azure SQL is explained from
a developer's point of view, helping you master its feature set and
create applications that perform well and delight users.
Core to the book is showing you how Azure SQL Database provides
relational and post-relational support so that any workload can be
managed with easy accessibility from any platform and any language. You
will learn about features ranging from lock-free tables to columnstore
indexes, and about support for data formats ranging from JSON and
key-values to the nodes and edges in the graph database paradigm.
Reading this book prepares you to deal with almost all data management
challenges, allowing you to create lean and specialized solutions having
the elasticity and scalability that are needed in the modern world.
What You Will Learn
- Master Azure SQL Database in your development projects from design to
the CI/CD pipeline
- Access your data from any programming language and platform
- Combine key-value, JSON, and relational data in the same database
- Push data-intensive compute work into the database for improved
efficiency
- Delight your customers by detecting and improving poorly performing
queries
- Enhance performance through features such as columnstore indexes and
lock-free tables
- Build confidence in your mastery of Azure SQL Database's feature set
Who This Book Is For
Developers of applications and APIs that benefit from cloud database
support, developers who wish to master their tools (including Azure SQL
Database, and those who want their applications to be known for speedy
performance and the elegance of their code
