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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Oct 19, 2021

Serverless on Cloud

Cheng Zhang

Stop paying for idle virtual machines and eliminate massive operational overhead. Discover how to seamlessly orchestrate, debug, and scale event-driven microservices using modern serverless architectures.

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#1 about 3 min

Alibaba Cloud developer resources and cloud computing training

Access developer conference materials, free membership benefits, and comprehensive cloud computing training platforms.

#2 about 4 min

Evolution of web architectures toward serverless computing workflows

Traditional monolithic web architectures increasingly transition to decoupled backends and event-driven serverless components for better scalability.

#3 about 4 min

Financial and operational advantages of serverless computing solutions

Serverless platforms reduce infrastructure maintenance overhead while optimizing operational costs for fluctuating traffic workloads.

#4 about 10 min

Overview of the Alibaba Cloud serverless product landscape

Cloud providers offer scalable architecture solutions ranging from lightweight function triggers to fully managed Kubernetes services.

#5 about 2 min

Integrating serverless cloud solutions with continuous delivery pipelines

Continuous delivery pipelines automatically build container images and synchronize deployments dynamically across multi-region Kubernetes clusters.

#6 about 5 min

Setting up local development environments for serverless functions

Command-line tools and package managers streamline the initial repository scaffolding and local configuration of serverless applications.

#7 about 2 min

Understanding serverless function execution lifecycles and billing modes

Cloud platforms allocate lightweight compute instances to process API requests and aggressively freeze execution states to minimize continuous billing.

#8 about 5 min

Debugging serverless code locally using IDE cloud extensions

Visual Studio Code extensions empower developers to validate output variables and trace application execution paths locally before remote deployments.

#9 about 4 min

Managing serverless deployments and workflows via web consoles

Cloud web portals provide centralized visual dashboards for editing deployed code directly, modifying memory limits, and viewing workflow execution histories.

#10 about 7 min

Audience questions on databases, freeze modes, and monitoring

Panel discussions clarify backend integrations with native NoSQL database architectures, state retention mechanics, and third-party observability platform compatibility.

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Discussing history and enterprise adoption of serverless

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Defining serverless computing capabilities and execution environments

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Exploring hybrid models, monoliths, and serverless computing

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Comparing containers, cloud architectures, and serverless computing

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Real-world challenges in adopting serverless architectures

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