Profit with Amazon Web Services—as a Buyer, Seller, or Independent Developer In a few short years, Amazon has evolved from an online bookstore into a complex marketplace comprised of thousands of vendors, millions of customers, and an ever-widening selection of products.
With the launch of Amazon Web Services, buyers and sellers have unprecedented access to the immense body of data underpinning this marketplace. Mining Amazon Web Services: Building Applications with the Amazon API shows you what you can do with these powerful tools, and exactly how to do it. As a buyer, you'll build applications that let you comparison-shop far more effectively, consistently saving money and finding exactly the right product. As a seller, you'll leverage Amazon Web Services in ways that help you attract more customers, make more commissioned referrals, and improve your bottom line. This book is also a great resource for independent developers who want to create and publish—even make money with—applications for others. Here's some of what you'll find covered inside:
- Performing complex product searches
- Analyzing the data obtained in your searches
- Connecting Amazon Web Services to a local database
- Building a Web Services-based shopping cart
- Using Amazon-supported search technologies, including XML over HTTP and SOAP
- Improving speed and reliability
- Building applications for mobile devices
- Building and publishing applications for others
All that's required is some basic experience with any one of several programming languages, including VBA, Visual Basic 6, Visual C++ 6, Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# .NET, Java, and PHP, all of which are fully represented in the book's downloadable code.
Table of Contents:
Introduction.
Part I Discovering Amazon Web Services.
Chapter 1: Learning about Amazon Web Services.
Chapter 2: Using Amazon Web Services to Your Advantage.
Chapter 3: Working with Web Service Data.
Part II Writing Amazon Web Services Programs.
Chapter 4: Starting the Development Process.
Chapter 5: Writing Applications Using VBA.
Chapter 6: Writing Applications Using Visual Studio.
Chapter 7: Writing Applications Using PHP.
Chapter 8: Writing Applications Using Java.
Chapter 9: Writing Applications for Mobile Devices.
Part III Refining Your Amazon Web Services Program.
Chapter 10: Crafting Your Application.
Chapter 11: Considering User Needs.
Chapter 12: Other Refinements You Should Consider.
Appendixes.
Appendix A: Helpful Third Party Resource Sites.
Appendix B: Amazon License Checklist.
Appendix C: Amazon Area ID List.
Appendix D: Late Breaking Amazon Web Services News.
Glossary:.
Index.
