<div><p>Intrigued by the possibilities of developing web applications in the cloud? With this concise book, you get a quick hands-on introduction to OpenShift, the open source Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering from Red Hat. You’ll learn the steps necessary to build, deploy, and host a complete real-world application on OpenShift, without having to read long, detailed explanations of the technologies involved.</p><p>Though the book uses Python, application examples in other languages are available on GitHub. If you can build web applications, use a command line, and program in Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js, PHP, or Perl, you’re ready to get started.</p><ul><li>Dive in and create your first example application with OpenShift</li><li>Modify the example with your own code and hot-deploy the changes</li><li>Add components such as a database, task scheduling, and monitoring</li><li>Use external libraries and dependencies in your application</li><li>Delve into networking, persistent storage, and backup options</li><li>Explore ways to adapt your team processes to use OpenShift</li><li>Learn OpenShift terms, technologies, and commands</li><li>Get a list of resources to learn more about OpenShift and PaaS</li></ul></div>