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Welcome to the Amazon Simple Queue Service Getting Started Guide. Amazon Simple Queue Service is a messaging queue service: it's a service that handles message or work flows between other components in a system.
This guide is designed to help you understand how to make requests to the Amazon Simple Queue Service, and present some ideas for using this service. This section of the Getting Started Guide describes who should read this guide, how the guide is organized, and other resources related to the Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS).
The Amazon Simple Queue Service will occasionally be referred to within this guide as simply "SQS"; all copyrights and legal protections still apply.
This guide is intended for developers who are building distributed web-enabled applications. An application could typically use Amazon SQS to move data between distributed application components performing different tasks, without losing messages or requiring each component to be always available.
Use of this guide assumes you are familiar with the following:
XML (for an overview, go to the W3 Schools XML Tutorial )
Basic understanding of web services (for an overview, go to the W3 Schools Web Services Tutorial )
In addition, for this guide, you need to be familiar with one of the following programming languages:
Java
C#
Perl
PHP
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This guide is organized as a high-level introduction and tutorial. It is divided into several major sections that allow you to practice using Amazon SQS in a simple environment. Each section builds on the previous sections, so that if you read and work through the examples in sequence, you get a basic understanding of Amazon SQS, and also have a simple working application.
The major sections of this guide are:
"What's New" lists the changes in this guide since the last version.
"Introduction to Amazon SQS" introduces you to Amazon SQS, summarizes the main SQS features, and describes the lifecycle of a message.
"Getting Set Up" describes what you need to do to prepare to send your first SQS request. It includes getting an AWS developer account, signing up for SQS, and getting the tools you need to run the samples.
"Working with Amazon SQS" walks you through running the samples that AWS provides.
"Where to Go from Here" offers some ideas for you to learn more about Amazon SQS and find ways to incorporate the service in your environment.
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The following table lists related resources that you'll find useful as you work with this service.
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| Amazon Simple Queue Service Developer Guide | The developer guide provides a detailed discussion of the service. It includes an architectural overview, programming reference, and API reference. |
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The API reference gives the WSDL location; complete descriptions of the API actions, parameters, and data types; and a list of errors that the service returns. | |
| Amazon SQS Schema Documentation | The release notes give a high-level overview of the current release. They specifically note any new features, corrections, and known issues. |
| Amazon SQS Release Notes | The release notes give a high-level overview of the current release. They specifically note any new features, corrections, and known issues. |
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A central starting point to find documentation, code samples, release notes, and other information to help you build innovative applications with AWS. | |
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A community-based forum for developers to discuss technical questions related to Amazon SQS. | |
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The home page for AWS Technical Support, including access to our Developer Forums, Technical FAQs, Service Status page, and AWS Premium Support (if you are subscribed to this program). | |
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The primary web page for information about AWS Premium Support, a one-on-one, fast-response support channel to help you build and run applications on AWS Infrastructure Services. | |
| Product information for Amazon SQS | The primary web page for information about Amazon SQS. |
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A central contact point for inquiries concerning AWS billing, account, events, abuse etc. | |
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Detailed information about the copyright and trademark usage at Amazon.com and other topics. |
