2. Introduction to Serverless in the Cloud

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

• Evaluate the criteria for choosing the best serverless FaaS provider
• Identify the supported languages, trigger types, and cost structure of major cloud service providers
• Deploy serverless functions to cloud providers and integrate functions with other cloud services

In this chapter, we will explain the serverless FaaS products of cloud providers, create our first serverless functions in the cloud, and integrate with other cloud services.