Serverless Migration: choosing a deployment framework

This article is part of a series:

• Part One — review your existing application (Wed. 09/18)
• Part Two — break apart your application (Fri. 09/20)
• Part Three — lift-and-shift (Wed. 09/25)
• Part Four — choose a deployment framework (Fri. 09/27)
• Part Five — build a strong foundation (Fri. 10/11)

In this series, we take a look at what areas you need to think about when making a “serverless migration”. First, we will touch on what you should review about your existing application, move into breaking your application apart, talk about lift-and-shift, choose a cloud provider, choose a deployment framework, and how to build a strong foundation.

In this article, we are going to talk about choosing the right deployment framework. It’s an important decision because it’s the foundation that your entire development team will work from.

If you’re not familiar with what a deployment framework is exactly, let’s start from the top.

What is a deployment framework?

When we talk about deployment frameworks we are talking about the way in which developers can make changes locally and have those changes…