The public cloud is tomorrow's IT backbone. As cloud vendors introduce new capabilities, the application-building process is undergoing a profound transformation. The cloud is based on key tenets such as commodity hardware, usage-based billing, scale-out, and automation–all on a global scale.

But how does the cloud affect what you do as a developer every day? What do you need to do at the code level that aligns you with the aforementioned tenets? This session is designed to go over tips and tricks designed to help you make more effective use of the cloud.

You will learn:

• Quick review of cloud tenets - global scale, commodity hardware, usage-based billing, scale-out, and automation
• How the cloud impacts what we do as programmers every day
• What we need to do at a program level that aligns us with the aforementioned tenets