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2. •^Many enterprises nowadays opt for Platform as a Service (PaaS) to build, run, and
manage software applications without creating and maintaining on-premise
infrastructure.
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^ The cloud computing model further enables developers to accelerate software
application development and management by accessing a robust software application
development platform over the internet.
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^ An enterprise also has option to choose from a wide range of PaaS according to its
precise needs.
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* Heroku is a widely used commercial PaaS. In addition to being designed as a container-
based cloud PaaS, Heroku also supports a number of widely used programming
languages.
•^ Also, the tools, services, and workflows provided by Heroku make it easier for
developers to build, manage, deploy, and scale a variety of enterprise applications.
•^ The PaaS further enable developers to focus extensively on various aspects of the
application without creating or maintaining infrastructure.

3. Features that Differentiate Heroku from Other Platform as a Service
Designed as a Container-Based
Cloud Platform Heroku is designed as a container-based PaaS. As a
logical packing mechanism, containers enable developers to keep the
applications independent of their deployment environment.
Hence, many developers nowadays opt for container-based
virtualization to deploy various web applications and mobile apps
efficiently by targeting varied environment.
Heroku simplifies application deployment and management by
features a container-base design. It even runs applications inside
smart containers called dynos.
The containers further execute the code in a fully-managed runtime
environment.

4. Provides First Class Support to Popular Programming Languages
It even allows developers to work with a number of popular software
framework according to their preferred programming language.
For instance, Heroku allows PHP programmers to manage project
through Composer.
Likewise, it helps Python programmer to accelerate web application
web frameworks like Django or Flask.
Unlike other PaaS, Heroku provides first class support to several widely
languages—Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, NodeJS, Scala, Go and Closure.

5. Supports Polygot Programming
• In addition to providing first class support to a number of widely used programming languages, Heroku also
allows developers to work with other programming languages through specific Buildpacks.
• It even supports polyglot programming by embracing multiple programming languages.
• The developers can take advantage of polyglot programming to combine multiple programming languages
and write code in multiple programming languages.
• Heroku enables developers to build robust enterprise apps by combining features provided by different
programming languages.
• It even makes it easier for developers to deploy the application smoothly regardless of the programming
languages

6. Supports Several Databases and Data Stores
• Heroku allows developers to choose from several databases and data
stores according to precise needs of individual applications.
• The developers can take advantage of Postgres SQL database as a
service to make the application access data quickly and keep the
data secure.
• At the same time, the developers can take advantage of specific
Heroku add-ons to work with widely used databases and data stores
like MySQL, MongoDB and Redis.
• The add-ons make it easier for developers to store data, manage
data stores, and monitor data usage.