This book assumes that you are familiar with at least the Java programming language. Knowledge of core Java and JEE is essential if you want to gain better insights from this book. Having a strong understanding of the deployment of a web application in application servers such as Tomcat will help you to understand the flow quickly. However, we have quickly provided an overview of it. As the application development life cycle will cover a lot of tools in general, it is essential to have some knowledge of code repositories, as well as IDE tools such as Eclipse, and build tools such as Ant and Maven.
Knowledge of code analysis tools will make your job easier in configuration and integration; however, it is not vital to perform the exercises given in the book. Most of the configuration steps are mentioned clearly, step by step, and by providing screenshots for clear visualization.
You will be walked through the steps required to get familiar with Jenkins, VSTS, Microsoft Azure Web Apps, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk. For Microsoft Azure, you can use a 1-month trial access. VSTS also comes with a trial account with some restrictions. AWS also has 1-year trial period with specific limitations.
