Serverless

Serverless computing is a method of utilising "per use" backend services rather than provisioning always-on server instances.

This provides a number of key benefits over traditional architectures, including:

• lower total cost of ownership
• vastly improved security
• simplified scalability
• faster, snappier user experience
• huge reduction in "infrastructure" to maintain (security patches etc)

Airteam have developed a number of serverless solutions using React, Netlify and AWS for our customers, including a complete serverless Identity & Access Management and Online Member Services/ solution for Doctors Health Fund.

Serverless typically involves composing an application from microservices which are either SAAS provided on a per-usage basis, or developed and deployed as a hosted "function" - using AWS Lambda or Netlify functions.

Static content is deployed to the edge of the cloud closest to the end-user, using a CDN (Content Distribution Network) providing faster page load times.

Typically, serverless is implemented for a website using a frontend single-page app based upon a modern web framework such as React or Vue.

The single-page app frontend interacts with a collection of, serverless, microservice APIs, and composes them into a cohesive user experience.

A similar approach is used for mobile applications, indeed - often the exact same microservice APIs are reused, creating cost efficiences in development and lower ongoing total cost of ownership.

Airteam is a consulting partner for AWS and Netlify and thus perfectly positioned to accelerate the development of your next serverless software application.