Migrating from static hosting to the cloud!

So unfortunately I'm a newbie to the application (web) development world. While I did graduate with a CS degree its theory funness hasn't helped out much. However I am trying to jump in feet first. My php application I build is simply sitting on a cheap hosting provider. In order to launch it I'd like to it to be able to scale well (fun buzz word).

However, as I said I'm totally new to it and I suck at git.

So as I've read I'm looking to host the mySql database and the php files on phpfog, my css and images on amazon S3, and then the email server as Amazon SES?

I开发者_开发知识库s this the right frame of mind, and/or will this handle a flurry of (hoped for) traffic?

Thanks!

That's a lot of scaling in mind for just starting out. Keep it simple. Google Apps Standard gives you 10 accounts to work with, and you can a nice GMail interface as a bonus.

Keep your hosting simple for now, you don't need Amazon S3 for CSS and images yet. Silver pricing seems decent for just starting out at PHPFog. Remember you can always increase capacity later on.

Before you say "flurry of traffic", make sure you have a solid business plan. How will you market your product/service? Who are your competitors? What differentiates your product/service? Pretend like you're pitching this to a VC firm.

If you don't have a solid plan to work with, you're throwing too much money at infrastructure that you won't be using.

If you want to learn about the technical aspects of the infrastructure you're choosing, you probably should begin by learning about how it works. http://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_Cloud_Best_Practices.pdf will give you a nice overview on how scaling works on AWS and the cloud in general.