The amalgamation of two path-breaking technologies;
PHP and Cloud Computing led to the formation of PHPFog, a cloud-based PaaS
(Platform as a Service). During its stint, PHPFog attracted scores of
developers due to its core capabilities of facilitating highly-scalable,
feature-rich and high performance web applications. This was every PHP
application development company’s dream come true. Many an offshore software development company adopted PHP as their technology of choice for web
application development and used the PHPFog PaaS service. Companies only need
to hire dedicated PHP programmers, as all the other infrastructure needs, such
as databases,
caching servers, reverse proxy servers and firewalls were taken care of by
PHPFog. This eased the process of PHP Zend development and other technologies
with programmers only having to worry about integrating elements like MongoDB,
MySQL, Memcache, NewRelic and Blitz, testing the application and deploying it.
But, now all that is going to
end on 13th January, 2012. That’s the date that the company has set
for phasing out PHPFog. No, there is no need to panic! It is going to be
replaced by AppFog, a new platform that may prove to be better than PHPFog. It
supports a multitude of technologies including PHP, Java, Scala, Python, Node,
Ruby, and Erlang. This brings into focus that point that now developers
communities would start converging on this single platform giving rise to
interesting opportunities and possibilities. The primary list of add-ons that
AppFog will support includes PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Memcachier. It is
bound to grow as time passes by. Supporting deployment via 3 version tools, Git,
Subversion (SVN), and Mercurial; AppFog integrates a custom tool to manage
application deployment irrespective of which versioning system you use.
Some points to note about
PHPFog termination and AppFog initiation:
- A free account will last only till 21st Dec, 2012; while a paid account will last till 25th Jan, 2013.
- The databases in AppFog are limited to 100MB
- A persistent filesystem does not exist as yet
- Error logs can only be viewed using the af tool
- Only shared database support is available
We are a PHP Development Company engaged
in cutting-edge PHP Zend development and are keeping a keen eye on this
development. Being an offshore software development company, we allow you to hire
a PHP developer from among our talented pool of developers. We have tons of
experience in PHP web application development and out enviable list of
satisfied clientele is testimony enough.
