If you’re anything like me you love to figure things out for yourself; you don’t need some wimpy, girly, and somewhat useful manual to tell you how to run that nuclear power plant. No sir, you’re determined to push every button in every combination until you know exactly what they all do. Too bad it doesn’t always work out.
I’ve recently had the opportunity to work with the Amazon Web Services while designing a new site for my company. Because of a time crunch, and my boss’s continual nagging about "better quality," I decided to pick up a book on the subject.
Jason Levitt has managed to put together a wealth of information in his book, The Web Developer's Guide to Amazon E-commerce Service. Everything from where the products come from, to actual development of Amazon.com websites through PHP is covered. The book has a wealth of information for beginners and experts alike, and if associate programs are your thing this is a must read.
The most interesting bit of information I got out of the book is how to cache searches. Because the Amazon SOAP and REST engines will only let you query things once every second, Levitt describes in great detail how you can cache searches, which will not only speed things up but will also help you bypass the one query a second rule.
Very interesting stuff.
Edited: PC
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