Category: Project 2: Development PC in the Cloud

This is step 5 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Amazon Web Services. In this step, you first install client software on your cloud PC that is needed to access AWS services from a Python program. Then, you create one simple Python program which accesses your cloud storage using…

This is step 5 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Azure. In this step, you first install client software on your cloud PC that is needed to access Azure services from a Python program. Then, you create two simple Python programs which access your storage account using the Python…

This is step 4 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Azure and Amazon Web Services. In this step, you create a new Python project and virtual environment under Visual Studio code and get a Hello World program running in the VS Code Debugger. Note that this process can be…

This is step 1 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Azure. In this step, you prepare a virtual machine that is suitable to be a development computer in the cloud. Back to Project New VM, or Upgrade? Later in this project, we will be installing and running a graphical…

This is step 5 of 5 of Hands-On Project 2 for both Azure and AWS. In this step, you install a partial implementation of an e-commerce web API to your development PC, and get the app up and running.

In this post, we describe the features of our simple e-commerce API application, to help you understand the scope of the current codebase and how you will need to work with it. Overall Features The application is written in Python using the Django REST framework and has the following components:…

This is step 3 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for both Azure and AWS. In this step, you install the development tools which we will be using for the remainder of the project, including MySQL and Visual Studio Code. Back to Project Install MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench This…

This post provides instructions for installing MySQL Server and the Community Workbench for use on a development computer. The server will be configured for localhost access using the root account. Update Software if Necessary Installing MySQL on a system with fully updated software often pre-empts other problems. There is more…

This is step 2 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for both Azure and AWS. In this step, you install the Ubuntu Desktop GUI over Ubuntu Server in the cloud, and gain access to the GUI using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). This setup provides you with the conveniences of a…

This is step 1 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Amazon Web Services. In this step, you prepare a virtual machine that is suitable to be a development computer in the cloud. Back to Project New VM, or Upgrade? Later in this project, we will be installing and running…