Why AWS is more cost effective than traditional data centres
Business evolution is happening faster than ever. Enterprises are continuously experimenting with new strategies to outperform their competitors. Choosing AWS over data centres is one such strategic change which most of the organizations are working on to gain significant business value. Building your own data centre and maintaining it is undoubtedly a huge cost and […]
Live debug your AWS Lambda functions in Java
The SLAppForge Debugger for Java consists of two end-user visible components. The first is an AWS Lambda Layer, and the second is a user agent, which executes on the local machine where the favorite IDE runs. The Lambda function connects with the IDE through the SLAppForge Debug Server, and both communication ends are secured with […]
The key benefits of serverless computing with Sigma
Why is everyone interested in moving to serverless computing? Nowadays the business world is incorporating serverless computing to gain success in many aspects. It offers a path to an environmentally friendly, innovative approach to computing, and various capabilities compared to the existing infrastructures. SLAppForge Sigma is one of the simplest Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) to […]
What is the biggest obstacle to wider serverless adoption right now?
The “serverless” computing paradigm emerged back in 2014 in Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a new cloud service called Lambda — a serverless computing platform. During the short lifespan of 5 years, AWS Lambda became the most mature FaaS platform to date. Few other vendors like Google Cloud Platform and Azure joined the serverless marathon […]
Serverless is green: healthy as green tea, easy as cornflakes!
Technological advancements shouldn’t always be viewed in light of profit and cost. At the rate the world is shifting from deep-fried chicken nuggets to the very boring green salad, the conversations are all shifting towards a greener world which also has a great deal of promotional value. During a time where even the United Nations […]
Sigma: A User-friendly IDE for Serverless Application Development
Serverless application development is one of the trending technologies these days. Thanks to the rapid contribution of the leading cloud service providers, the serverless concept has evolved with a strong base. Most of the enterprises take hand in hand with Serverless for better technological and business advancements. Even though serverless computing has become a turning […]
Did it ever cross your mind to kick out your servers?
It’s a matter of identifying the SERVERLESS NEED! As discussed in our previous blog article regarding how to convince your boss to go serverless highlighting the serverless benefits, one might also argue regarding the difficulty in observability, latency, vendor lock-in, and also difficulty in hiring developers who are familiar specifically with serverless technologies. Nevertheless, there […]
Wanna convince your Boss to Go Serverless? Just show him the return, instead of the system
The decision to go serverless depends on whether you Think Serverless! If a 50 year old CEO was approached to “Go Serverless” in 2019, most probably the conversion would be a smile. For him it will be nothing but another approval requested by the IT manager who can explain a system minus ROI. Technological advances […]
Serverless Caching for Faster Data Serving
Have you ever used Serverless Caching? Most probably you would say NO! Certainly, you might not have used it as it is. But, what if I say you have been using it all the time? Yes, it's true. In this article, let's discuss how that can be true. Firstly, let’s look at what is Serverless […]
Serverless Webhook? Deploy Yours in 5 Minutes – or Less!
Often you may need to set up a HTTP/S endpoint (webhook) for accepting data posted from another application or service; such as GitHub webhooks. Let us see how you can set one up your next webhook in five minutes, without having to run, pay for, or maintain, a server of your own. (And hence the […]
Serverless Stream Processing: Future of decision making?
Did you ever wonder how "Google Search" suggests you when you’re half-typing your query—or how "Cheapest Airlines" starting to appear everywhere after you searched for a country? The power of real-time streaming data analytics is astonishing indeed. Now, since serverless technology is gaining some momentum, maybe you won’t have to worry about taking risky decisions on your […]
Serverless message queues and how to leverage the best
Even long before serverless was born, message queues had been a popular weapon in the arsenal of software developers and architects to integrate software systems. First, when there were large software systems which were incompatible with each other, message queues acted as the intermediary communication channels between them. Then the world moved into distributed systems […]
Serverless IDE for Google Cloud? Yes, now there is one!
A while back, we announced basic support for Google Cloud Platform in SLAppForge Sigma, the one-and-only serverless IDE. That was good news for AWS fans who want to use Google APIs in their projects; but not so much for the native Google Cloud lovers.But today, we have good news for y'all! Sigma the serverless IDE, […]
What makes a Storage Service Truly Serverless?
Can every storage service or database service be called a serverless storage or a serverless database? What makes one storage service being put into the serverless category and others drop out? This article will cover the basic properties a persistence service should have, for it to be called a serverless storage or a serverless persistence […]
How to get started with serverless application development
Serverless is currently one of the trending topics out there in software architectural patterns. Because of the tremendous advantages, there's a significant tendency of switching to serverless among enterprise-level companies. There are many success stories out there and if your engineering teams are potential enough to make a great impact and wise enough to make […]
Serverless Architecture: Learn it, Perfect it and Evolve with it
The Road to Serverless It would not be wrong if I tell you the next awakening step of cloud computing is serverless. The evolution to serverless architecture from physical servers has not been an easy journey. In early years software was installed in mainframe type server computers and used their own data stores. With the […]