The State Of Python In The Serverless World
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State of Python on serverless platforms in 2017: Python is now supported on AWS Lambda, OpenWhisk and experimental Azure Functions, with Python 3.6 recently available; frameworks tested include Zappa (runs Django/Flask as proxied Lambda), Chalice (per-endpoint lambdas, auto-IAM), and the Serverless framework with a Python packaging plugin. Notes: functions are stateless and ephemeral, cold starts exist, vendor lock‑in comes from integrated events, cost model suits bursty workloads but not steady high loads, and Lambda enforces a 5 minute timeout.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:34Speaker introduction
- 2:19What is serverless computing
- 4:30Function as a service explained
- 7:20Use cases and evolution of FaaS
- 8:48Limitations and considerations
- 11:36Python's role in serverless
- 12:39Frameworks for serverless Python
- 14:09Zappa framework overview
- 16:46Chalice framework overview
- 19:17Pyrin library demo
- 21:09Serverless framework overview
- 24:49Summary and future outlook
- 25:56Q&A session
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