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PaaS includes infrastructure (servers, storage, and networking) and platform (middleware,
development tools, database management systems, business intelligence, and more) to support
the web application life cycle.
PaaS providers provide the Programming languages, Application frameworks, Databases, and
Other tools:
1. Programming languages
PaaS providers provide various programming languages for the developers to develop the
applications. Some popular programming languages provided by PaaS providers are Java, PHP,
Ruby, Perl, and Go.
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2. Application frameworks
PaaS providers provide application frameworks to easily understand the application development.
Some popular application frameworks provided by PaaS providers are Node.js, Drupal, Joomla,
WordPress, Spring, Play, Rack, and Zend.
3. Databases
PaaS providers provide various databases such as ClearDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis to
communicate with the applications.
4. Other tools
PaaS providers provide various other tools that are required to develop, test, and deploy the
applications.
Advantages of PaaS
1) Simplified Development
PaaS allows developers to focus on development and innovation without worrying about
infrastructure management.
2) Lower risk
No need for up-front investment in hardware and software. Developers only need a PC and an
internet connection to start building applications.
Some PaaS vendors also provide already defined business functionality so that users can avoid
building everything from very scratch and hence can directly start the projects only.
4) Instant community
PaaS vendors frequently provide online communities where the developer can get the ideas to
share experiences and seek advice from others.
5) Scalability
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Applications deployed can scale from one to thousands of users without any changes to the
applications.
1) Vendor lock-in
One has to write the applications according to the platform provided by the PaaS vendor, so the
migration of an application to another PaaS vendor would be a problem.
2) Data Privacy
Corporate data, whether it can be critical or not, will be private, so if it is not located within the
walls of the company, there can be a risk in terms of privacy of data.
It may happen that some applications are local, and some are in the cloud. So there will be
chances of increased complexity when we want to use data which in the cloud with the local data.
The below table shows some popular PaaS providers and services that are provided by them -
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Providers Services
Google App Engine App Identity, URL Fetch, Cloud storage client library, Logservice
(GAE)
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