Serverless - Democratizing Application Development

By Jay V & Frank Wong - SEED

Presented at Functions 2018 / ServerlessDays Toronto

https://functions.events/2018/toronto/jay-v/

Transcript

1. @jayair @fanjiewang Party like it’s 1999
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4. @jayair @fanjiewang 1. Buy a rack from IKEA 2. Buy some servers 3. Put the servers on the rack
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8. @jayair @fanjiewang Frank Jay @fanjiewang @jayair
9. @jayair @fanjiewang Democratizing Application Development
10. Serverless-Stack.com
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12. SEED is a fully-managed pipeline for Serverless. www.seed.run
13. SEED is a fully-managed pipeline for Serverless. www.seed.run • Made for Serverless Framework • Zero AWS-Ops • Secure pipelines • Integrates with your workflow
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22. @jayair @fanjiewang Learning to build a full-stack web app
23. @jayair @fanjiewang Meet Vincent
24. @jayair @fanjiewang Step 1: Frontend +
25. @jayair @fanjiewang • Need a simple text editor • Works right in the browser • Single-user programming model • Costs: $0 (almost) • Scales: infinitely (almost) +
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27. @jayair @fanjiewang Step 2: Backend
28. @jayair @fanjiewang Step 2a: Learn a new language?
29. @jayair @fanjiewang Step 2b: Run an app server
30. @jayair @fanjiewang Step 2c: Databases
31. @jayair @fanjiewang Step 2d: Authentication
32. • Handle file uploads • Learn about cronjobs • Setup full-text search • And so on… Step 2n…
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34. @jayair @fanjiewang Step 3: Deployment
35. • Create a VPS • Learn to SSH • Learn Unix commands • Install NGINX or Apache • And so on… Step 3: Deployment
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37. @jayair @fanjiewang Step 4: Pay Rent
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39. @jayair @fanjiewang Step 5: Scaling
40. @jayair @fanjiewang Let’s take a step back
41. @jayair @fanjiewang Entry Barriers Creating a backend System Admin Database Server Application Server Scaling Cost
42. @jayair @fanjiewang System Admin Database Server Application Server Scaling Cost HTML + CSS + JS
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44. @jayair @fanjiewang Cost Scaling System Admin Database Server Application Server Entry Barriers Hardest parts ≠ Coding
45. @jayair @fanjiewang Choose your adventure
46. @jayair @fanjiewang Frontend Backend Coding Server Admin Database Admin Coding Design Browser Quirks Security Admin
47. @jayair @fanjiewang 3-Tier Architecture CLIENT APP SERVER DB SERVER UPLOADS SEARCH
48. @jayair @fanjiewang App Server is the “gatekeeper”
49. @jayair @fanjiewang Full-stack is a myth
50. @jayair @fanjiewang Full-stack is a myth Full-stack is impossible
51. @jayair @fanjiewang But with Serverless…
52. @jayair @fanjiewang Serverless Architecture SPA COGNITO DYNAMO S3 UPLOADS ELASTIC IAM LAMBDA
53. @jayair @fanjiewang Scaling System Admin Database Server Application Server Cost Breaking Barriers
54. @jayair @fanjiewang System Admin Database Server Application Server Scaling Cost Breaking Barriers Lambda
55. @jayair @fanjiewang System Admin Database Server Application Server Scaling Cost Breaking Barriers Lambda DynamoDB
56. @jayair @fanjiewang System Admin Database Server Application Server Scaling Cost Breaking Barriers Lambda DynamoDB Fully-managed
57. @jayair @fanjiewang System Admin Database Server Application Server Scaling Cost Breaking Barriers Lambda DynamoDB Fully-managed Auto-scaling
58. @jayair @fanjiewang System Admin Database Server Application Server Scaling Cost Breaking Barriers Lambda DynamoDB Fully-managed Auto-scaling Pay-per-use
59. @jayair @fanjiewang Serverless Full-Stack™ JavaScript Frameworks Cloud Providers
60. • Anybody that can code • Build planet scale apps • With just JavaScript • Pay for what you use • And only focus on your app! Serverless Full-Stack™
61. @jayair @fanjiewang Serverless Full-Stack™ ⊗ Focus only on your code* * and your cloud providers
62. @jayair @fanjiewang Things I don’t care about Datacenters Virtualization Heroku Containers Serverless
63. @jayair @fanjiewang Things I don’t care about Datacenters Virtualization Heroku Containers Serverless Impact I can make
64. @jayair @fanjiewang • Designers • New coders • Frontend engineers • New to AWS
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66. @jayair @fanjiewang Coding is Power!