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Yes, we do this, like other build engines, CI/CD products, and other cloud services. We try to be clear about what's happening and why in this section of the documentation: https://github.com/serverless/components#where-do-components... and we discuss the cloud-based deployment approach elsewhere in the docs. Further, this is all designed to support and facilitate our upcoming component-scoped permissions, which will significantly reduce required permissions for the Framework, compared to what Serverless Framework Traditional requires. We'll add more clarity in the docs specifically on credentials and try to make this known upfront.

Serverless Framework. And you have some choices. You can use the serverless-express component to just get Express deployed into Lambda: https://github.com/serverless/components#serverlessyml Or you can use the original Serverless Framework. There is a good tutorial in using it right here: https://www.serverless.com/learn/courses/full-stack-applicat...

We updated the Template links. The correct ones can be found here: Pick a template: • Serverless Fullstack App - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... • Serverless Websockets Backend - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... • Serverless API Backend - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... • Serverless Website - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... • Scheduled Task - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... • & More - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat...

It’s interesting that lambda still requires a nosql db for good perf. The example they link to from this article uses dynamodb. Not a great choice for a general purpose web app, where sql would be a better choice for many use cases. https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... It’s cool that aws has the data api for lambda to connect to aurora serverless. But then you’re stuck with MySQL instead of postgres, and also stuck with ~100ms db access times. https://www.jeremydaly.com/aurora-serverless-data-api-a-firs...

Sure. Serverless components can be used declaratively (YAML) or programmatically (JavaScript). It's the JavaScript experience that takes a lot of inspiration from React when you wish to write your own reusable Serverless Component. https://github.com/serverless/components#reusability

Excited to see this on HN! Many common use-cases (APIs, Websites, Websocket backends, Scheduled tasks) are perfect for serverless architectures. Serverless Components give you a React-like experience to deploy them more easily than ever. --- Short video preview: https://twitter.com/goserverless/status/1156977112147845120 --- Here's a quick-start guide... Install Serverless Framework • npm i -g serverless • https://github.com/serverless/serverless --- Pick a template: • Serverless Fullstack App - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... • Serverless Websockets Backend - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... • Serverless API Backend - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... • Serverless Website - https://github.com/serverless/components/tree/master/templat... •