What is serverless computing

Serverless computing is a concept whereby businesses or developers focus more on building the front-end aspect of their application and other aspect of their business without worrying about the servers or the back-end infrastructure.

It allows developers to write front-end codes and package it in a container which are managed by cloud service providers like Azure, AWS, IBM, Google Cloud.

Many people are confuse about this concept, they think that “serverless computing” means that an application does not use servers, but it simply means that the server or the back-end infrastructure is not being handled by developers but by cloud service providers.

Serverless computing is a very good concept but it has it`s own pros and cons, we will explore some of the advantages and the disadvantages of serverless computing.

Advantages of serverless computing

1.It saves time: Building an application takes time, it involves some many processes, from the front-end to the back-end and other aspects. Serverless computing will save you a lot of time by not handling your back-end infrastructure by yourself.

2.It`s cost effective: Serverless computing allows you to only pay for what you use, you do not have to pay for idle resources.

3.Flexibility: Cloud service providers scales up your application automatically based on the workload without your intervention.

Disadvantages of Serverless computing

1.Security: Serverless computing might make you to give some of your private information to another company that might not protect it.

2.Complexity: When their is an issue with serverless computing, it is much difficult to easily find the problem.

3.Unfair contracts: Some cloud service providers might urge you to sign some crazy contracts that might hurt you in future.

Conclusion
Serverless computing allows you to focus more on the front-end aspect of your application while cloud service providers handles your back-end infrastructure. It has some many advantages like: cost effective, flexibility and it saves time. It also have it`s own disadvantages like privacy issues, unfair contracts and complexity. Serverless computing can help you focus more on building your applications, while will be very helpful to the growth of your application.