August 2018
Beginner
594 pages
22h 33m
English
Content preview from Software Architect's Handbook
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Serverless architecture
Serverless architecture allows the rapid development of software applications that can handle various levels of traffic in production environments. The term serverless refers to the fact that compute services are provided without requiring you to manage or administer servers. Your code is executed on demand, as it is needed.
Utilizing compute services in this way is similar to how cloud storage is used. With cloud storage, you do not need to manage physical hardware and you do not need to know where the data is stored. You use as much or as little storage as you need.
Similarly, with serverless architecture, you do not need to deal with physical servers, and the complexity of how compute resources are provided is ...