by Evan Anderson
Explore the theory and practice of designing and writing
serverless applications using examples from the Knative project. With
this practical guide, mid-level to senior application developers and
team managers will learn when and why to target serverless platforms
when developing microservices or applications. Along the way, you'll
also discover warning signs that suggest why serverless might cause you
more trouble than joy.
Drawing on author Evan Anderson's 15 years
of experience developing and maintaining applications in the cloud—and
more than six years of experience with serverless platforms at
scale—this book acts as your guide into the high-velocity world of
serverless application development. You'll come to appreciate why
Knative is the most widely adopted open source serverless platform
available.
With this book, you will:
- Learn what serverless is, how it works, and why teams are adopting it
- Understand the benefits of Knative for cloud native development teams
- Learn how to build a serverless application on Knative
- Explore the challenges serverless introduces for debugging and the tools that can help improve it
- Learn why event-driven architecture and serverless compute are complementary but distinct
- Understand when a serverless approach might not be the right system design
