From bf9d4f32891aae82806a4ae5389be4311a4f32a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2020 06:44:19 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Book review: Learn Amaozn Web Services in a Month of Lunches --- ...azon-web-services-in-a-month-of-lunches.md | 63 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/books/learn-amazon-web-services-in-a-month-of-lunches.md diff --git a/content/reviews/books/learn-amazon-web-services-in-a-month-of-lunches.md b/content/reviews/books/learn-amazon-web-services-in-a-month-of-lunches.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c344c7b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/books/learn-amazon-web-services-in-a-month-of-lunches.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ ++++ +title = "Learn Amazon Web Services In A Month Of Lunches" +date = 2020-12-31 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["books", "reviews", "aws", "it", "2020 challenge"] ++++ + +[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34013923-learn-amazon-web-services-in-a-month-of-lunches): + +AWS gives users the networking, compute, and security services they need without +making them pay for anything they're not actually using. With almost a hundred +individual AWS services, putting all the pieces together is not a simple +thing. That's where this book can help. + + + +{{ stars(stars=2) }} + +Some points here: + +* (-) Lots of screenshots. I know this is just a personal issue, not something + that is inherent bad, but I have to put this as a negative point for two + reasons: First, these images are very low quality in the ePub version; Second, + the book focuses too much on the screenshots, without focusing on what the + problem, solution and concepts are; "Click there, type this, click complete" + happens a lot in the book, which shouldn't be bad if, at least, it explained + why you clicked there and typed that. I'm not even sure if the images are + still up to date -- some references are really out of date already, like + saying to use Ubuntu 16.04. It would be a lot more useful to explain the + concepts and then show how to apply them, either by using the web interface of + the command line interface. + +* (-) Speaking of command line, the book praises the tool, have a full chapter + about it, tell how good it is and then... nothing. The following chapters + completely ignore it. Again, this seem like a missed oportunity to explain + concepts and then show how to apply them using the web interface and the CLI + tool. + +* (-) I'm not sure who is the target audience for the book. I mean, some things + seem to be dumbed down to make easier for people who don't know the technology + to understand what's going on, but... would someone that isn't related to the + development of an application, that haven't seen or heard about databases and + stuff worry about using AWS? 'Cause that's who the book seems focused on: + people who just want something on the internet, but have no idea what they + want or how to make it work. + +(As a side note, the WordPress install could be completely moved to an appendix +and keep going with just the concepts.) + +* (-) Some things doesn't seem related to AWS itself. For example, the second + chapter is only about installing WordPress on a Linux server, and it could be + done in any Linux install, even VirtualBox. This is kinda related to the + previous point: If someone was attached the development of some web + application, saying that you need a database and PHP and related libraries + would be enough; but when you have to explain the whole install of + WordPres... what's the focus? + +The small bits of concepts that are scattered around the images are somewhat +interesting, but because they are so tied to the screenshots, a lot of +information could be just missed. Or worse, turn people into simple clickers +that don't understand why they are clicking this or that button, 'cause all they +learnt was that they should click that button.