Serverless Framework
The Serverless Framework is a web framework written using Node.js. Serverless is the first framework developed for building applications on AWS Lambda, a serverless computing platform provided by Amazon as a part of Amazon Web Services. Currently, applications developed with Serverless can be…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2015
- Category
- cloud_infrastructure
- Problem solved
- The Serverless Framework was created to simplify and standardize the deployment and management of serverless applications, particularly Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) functions and their event-driven infrastructure, across different cloud providers. Prior to its existence, deploying serverless applications required extensive manual configuration via cloud-specific consoles or complex, provider-specific Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates, lacking portability and a unified development experience.
- Platforms
- AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Alibaba Cloud Function Compute, web, macOS, Windows, Kubernetes (via KubeVirt/OpenWhisk), Linux, Google Cloud Functions
Related technologies
Notable users
- Nordstrom
- T-Mobile
- A Cloud Guru (now Pluralsight)
- Various startups and enterprises leveraging serverless architectures
- Capital One