Dark Nebula : Using the Cloud to Build a RESTful Web Service

Abstract

With the emerging adoption of cloud computing systems, web sites are no longer just web pages, but also services that provide programmatic interaction. Cloud computing is becoming more integrated in industries and this demands web site evolution. To explore this topic, Dark Nebula, a RESTful web service, was developed using Google App Engine, a cloud computing platform. Dark Nebula is a URL shortener which condenses lengthy URLs into shortened versions for ease of distribution. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of Dark Nebula as a web service and how it contributes to the growing cloud computing field.