Serverless Proficiency (Advanced Level)

Topics covered

• compare multi-cloud architecture patterns for building portable applications
• compare the differences between open-source serverless frameworks and the frameworks and services provided by cloud providers
• compare the prominent AWS Lambda–supported languages from the perspective of cold start performance, warm performance, cost, and ecosystem
• define portability and list challenges and elements to be considered when designing and developing a portable software
• describe technology evolution and benefits of the serverless mindset
• describe the features, internal architecture, and programming model of the Apache OpenWhisk framework
• describe the features of Azure Functions and outline how to select the right programming language to implement Azure Functions Runtime
• describe the features of the prominent tools that can be used to monitor and debug serverless applications
• describe the features of the prominent tools that help maintain function-based services and improve development workflows
• describe the key features of the various tools that can be used to work with the OpenWhisk framework
• differentiate between the prominent open-source serverless frameworks and evaluate them based on their features, use cases, and domains to be able to select the best fit framework
• distinguish between the features of service-oriented and serverless architecture and identify the business benefits of the latter
• identify the differences between containerized and serverless implementation and describe the considerations for their selection as an appropriate strategy
• list and describe the recommended serverless performance and optimization strategies that can be adopted across serverless frameworks and platforms
• list common architectures that integrate serverless approaches and identify factors to consider when implementing a serverless architecture
• list some prominent open-source serverless frameworks along with the key features afforded by them
• list the critical components of the Apache OpenWhisk framework and describe how Apache OpenWhisk executes an action
• list the major serverless providers and the popular serverless frameworks that enable developers to explore the aspects of serverless computing
• list use cases for serverless compute products along with their associated benefits
• outline the changing dimensions of application operation and usability offered by serverless application architectures
• outline the impact of serverless on DevOps and CloudOps from the perspective of technical implementation and resource management
• outline the role of containers in a multi-cloud environment and aspects to consider when selecting a cloud infrastructure for containerized applications
• recall principles and processes of DevOps and CloudOps that help evaluate the level of existing solutioning mindset
• recall prominent serverless development and deployment technologies and map them to serverless solutions
• recall the journey of cloud computing from the shared mainframes era to managed cloud solutions
• recall the languages that can be used to develop serverless applications for diversified serverless providers
• recognize the critical features afforded by OpenFaaS along with the architecture and components of OpenFaaS used to manage serverless workflows
• recognize the critical metrics that need to be evaluated to identify the performances of serverless applications
• recognize the features afforded by open-source frameworks and the Serverless Framework design characteristics to consider when developing serverless applications
• recognize the recommended techniques that can be used to establish trade-off between performances and costs
• recognize the types of Cloud Functions provided by GCP to implement serverless applications along with the language runtimes supported by GCP to write Cloud Functions