FaaS Meets Node.js Frameworks: Developing Cloud Native Node.js Applications at Speed

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Demonstrates using FaaS with familiar Node.js frameworks by running Apache OpenWhisk style functions with the actual signature exports.handler(params), a containerized runtime that accepts code via /init and /run endpoints, local edit/debug inside a real container, built production images reduced to 190MB production image vs 900MB, automatic metrics and flame‑chart profiling, deployment to Kubernetes, and Knative scaling that packs many concurrent Express requests per instance before adding replicas.

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1. 0:00Introduction to FaaS
2. 3:15What is Function as a Service
3. 5:08How FaaS works under the hood
4. 8:36Common FaaS use cases
5. 10:24Building REST APIs with frameworks
6. 12:37Demo: Setting up a project
7. 14:04Local development and debugging
8. 16:56Kubernetes integration basics
9. 18:01Monitoring and profiling
10. 19:26Multiple functions in one app
11. 20:51Deploying to Kubernetes
12. 22:01Kubernetes resource overview
13. 23:29Connecting microservices
14. 28:13K-native scaling differences

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