Migrating from a Node App to Serverless

For a while now I’ve been thinking about how I would go about migrating a “traditional” Node application to a serverless one. All I’ve needed is a good example — and last week I found one. While going through the apps I had set up on Bluemix, I remembered that…

Apache OpenWhisk + The Serverless Framework: PHP Support, Docker runtime and more…

Serverless autocomplete with OpenWhisk

Autocomplete is everywhere. As you type into a web form, the page offers you completions that match.

An autocomplete service consists of three components:

Working with the Forwarder Action in OpenWhisk

One of the issues you run into when working with sequences in OpenWhisk is handling the flow of data from one action to another, especially when integrating actions from other packages where you have no control over the code. In the past, I’ve…

Serverless BASIC

I tend to tease myself a bit about the “useless demos” I like to build, but almost consistently I end up learning something new. It may not be an earth shattering realization of something incredibly deep, but generally, if I learn something, and if I can share it, I consider it a win. Case in point…