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J. J. PaulDistributed Serverless Architectures on AWShttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9159-7_1

1. Introduction to Serverless Technology

Jithin Jude Paul1  
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Ernakulam, Kerala, India
 

If you have been working in the software industry for any amount of time, you will have come across the term serverless in relation to many architectural decisions. So, what is serverless, and why write a book on serverless architectures exclusively?

Well, the answer to this question lies in the fact that serverless has grown from being a function as a service (FaaS) to a large landscape of exclusive serverless components. Serverless patterns are ubiquitous, and there are lots ...

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