By popular demand: OpenJS Architect 8.3 (El Chupacabra) now supports custom file paths, custom Lambda templates, a fresh new local (and global) preferences file, and lots more! Custom file paths By default, like many frameworks, Architect relies on convention over configuration — meaning you can expect certain things, like the placement of function…

More flexible and powerful than ever, with greedy catchall syntax, and legacy server migration with @proxy — OpenJSF Architect powers thousands of real production serverless applications all over the world. We continue to hear how valuable folks find its focused, direct, stable, lock-in-free approach to building blazing fast modern web apps without ever having to manage a single server. Today we’re announcing Architect 8 (El Chupacabra), which…

By popular demand: API Gateway HTTP APIs are now the default in Architect serverless apps — OpenJSF Architect now powers thousands of serverless applications all over the world. Folks continue to tell us they value its focused, direct, stable, lock-in-free approach to building blazing fast modern web apps without ever having to manage a single server. Today we’re extremely excited to announce Architect 7 (Chupacabra), a…

Terms like master-slave carry powerful implications of racial supremacy and oppression, and have no place in our lexicon. Efforts across our industry are rightfully underway to retire such references to the dustbin of history, where they belong. Although Git and GitHub still name branches master by default (for now), moving…

Begin already gives you the most advanced set of serverless tools and application primitives in its class: Static assets for publishing any kind of web asset or page HTTP functions (@http), enabling full server-side rendering Begin Data, a super fast and simple way to persist and access app data. Today…

The simplest, fastest way to build modern applications just got a lot more powerful — Since 2017, Architect has been the premiere foundation-backed open source serverless framework, with a clear focus on being the simplest, fastest way to build a modern web app. The space has evolved rapidly, and we’re incredibly excited to announce Architect 6 (Ogopogo): a ground-up rewrite with first-class Ruby & Python…

Architect treats local offline development of serverless apps as a first-class concern, and today we’re taking it to the next level. Architect 4.3 (Yeti) includes an all-new version of sandbox (npx sandbox) that starts up instantly, instantly loads your local code changes, and best of all, paves the way for…

The future is serverless, and the future is here — When we got started in 2015, we didn’t set out to build a serverless application platform. We were working on an application with some hardcore real-time, natural language processing, and scalability requirements, and we chose to base it on a brand new thing called cloud functions. Those requirements forced us…

Last week we released Architect 4 (Yeti), focused on simplicity and speed. Today we’re incredibly stoked to share Architect 4.1, our most frontend friendly release ever. 4.0 introduced the new public directory that automatically syncs your static assets to the cloud, making it an ideal companion to your existing frontend…