The open source Serverless Framework is backed by a super smart and extensive community of developers (we've passed 18,000 stars on GitHub). Besides contributing code, our community is passionate about sharing their knowledge and expertise. Here's a roundup of some of these articles, videos, and posts to help you keep up with the news in the serverless ecosystem.
When most people talk about Serverless architecture, they’re normally talking about REST APIs interacting with a javascript or mobile client, but it’s possible to use Serverless to process HTTP requests from Web browsers (including HTTP form posts) and respond with HTML. This is really powerful, because it allows you to build Web applications which don’t require a Web server to operate and don’t require javascript at the client-side. - By Adrian Hesketh
AWS announced general availability of AWS Lambda support for AWS X-Ray back in May 2017. While there is plenty of value using AWS X-Ray with Lambda, the current limitations restricts its usefulness for complex systems. - By Yan Cui
While Apache Kafka™ is a messaging system of sorts, it’s quite different from typical brokers. It comes with both pros and cons and, like any technology we choose, this shapes the design of the systems we write. - By Ben Stopford
I want to focus on a couple of things relevant to the evolution of Serverless as a platform and the resulting commercial ecosystem, namely the importance of Open Service Broker and a bet on OpenWhisk. - By Gareth Rushgrove
Serverless slack invite and community signup project. Serverless Python project boilerplate. Story of my serverless exploration. Tips, tricks, links. - By Dmitri Zimine