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
technology
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

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Notable users

  • Nordstrom
  • T-Mobile
  • A Cloud Guru (now Pluralsight)
  • Various startups and enterprises leveraging serverless architectures
  • Capital One