CS435 Assignment 1 Solution and Discussion

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Assignment No. 02

Semester: Fall 2019
CS435: Cloud Computing Total Marks: 15

Objective:
The objective of this assignment is to enhance the learning capabilities of the students about:
• Cloud Service Models
• Service Oriented Architecture
Instructions:
Please read the following instructions carefully before submitting assignment:
You need to use MS word document to prepare and submit the assignment on VU-LMS.
It should be clear that your assignment will not get any credit if:

 The assignment is submitted after due date.
 The assignment is not in the required format (.doc or docx)
 The submitted assignment does not open or file is corrupt.
 Assignment is copied (partial or full) from any source (websites, forums, students, etc)

Assignment

Question No. 1

Suppose, Ahmad is working in a bank as a cashier, due to a virus, his personal system is crashed. Now he has to deliver a spreadsheet related task to his immediate boss and he is looking to perform this task using a cloud service.

You are required to identify which type of Cloud Service Model will be best suitable in this case. Also search a cloud platform to perform this task and provide the screen shot of platform.

Question No. 2

Suppose, you are working as a developer in software house and required to write a program in PHP. Which Cloud service Model will be most suitable for above mentioned task? Also search a cloud platform to perform this task and provide the screen shot of platform.

Question No. 3

Suppose, you are working as a web developer in a software house. Your upcoming task is to use a REST based web service through API call in your web application. Currently you want to show the current weather of a city through API call.

Search the internet for a free REST API provider. Mention the URL and also provide the screen shot of home page.

Best of Luck!

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Q.1 Solution:

Type of Cloud Service Model
SaaS (Software as a Service)

Cloud platform used to perform the given task
Google Sheets

Q.2 Solution:
Type of Cloud Service Model
Platform as a Service or PaaS

Cloud platform used to perform the given task
https://www.heroku.com/php

Q.3 Solution:
URL: https://rapidapi.com/

Screen Shot: