Have you noticed that websites load faster and are more reliable than they used to be? In general, this is due to serverless web hosting. If you are like I was when I first heard the term, you thought "Serverless? Websites need servers, even if they are a 'serverless app!'" It is true. In the serverless environment, you don't manage the servers. This is a much easier way to work.
• No Server Management - You simply put your code on there, and it runs.
• Automatic Scaling - If tons of people hit your site, it scales for you automatically.
• Pay When You Use, Not When You Don't - You do not have to pay for an entire server all of the time, you just pay for when your site is doing work.
I experimented with Vercel for a small project last year and it worked just as advertised once the work was done and the app was set up. Super easy!
Benefits:
• Demonstrate faster loading time - Regardless of where the users are, the pages should load quickly.
• Better user experience - Users are more likely to remain longer on the site if the pages load quickly.
• Minimal waiting - Nobody likes to wait.
Not long ago, I moved a client's portfolio website over to a serverless platform, and the pages loaded much quicker. The client said users stayed on the site longer, which was a positive note.
• Deploying directly from your git repo
• Creating APIs using serverless functions without building a whole backend
• Spending your time writing features not managing servers
It allows developers to code - which is what they want to do - without worrying about servers.
If you have never tried serverless web hosting before, maybe now is your time to try it out. After all, who doesn't want a hosting experience that kind of does the work for them!
Why Developers Love Serverless
More and more developers are using serverless platforms like Netlify, Vercel, or AWS Lambda. Here is why• No Server Management - You simply put your code on there, and it runs.
• Automatic Scaling - If tons of people hit your site, it scales for you automatically.
• Pay When You Use, Not When You Don't - You do not have to pay for an entire server all of the time, you just pay for when your site is doing work.
I experimented with Vercel for a small project last year and it worked just as advertised once the work was done and the app was set up. Super easy!
Fast Website Loading
Serverless platforms often leverages CDNs (Content Delivery Networks), which means your site is hosted in various locations worldwide, and users will receive their content from the hosting site closest to them.Benefits:
• Demonstrate faster loading time - Regardless of where the users are, the pages should load quickly.
• Better user experience - Users are more likely to remain longer on the site if the pages load quickly.
• Minimal waiting - Nobody likes to wait.
Not long ago, I moved a client's portfolio website over to a serverless platform, and the pages loaded much quicker. The client said users stayed on the site longer, which was a positive note.
Convenient for Developers.
Serverless web hosting makes life easier for developers by:• Deploying directly from your git repo
• Creating APIs using serverless functions without building a whole backend
• Spending your time writing features not managing servers
It allows developers to code - which is what they want to do - without worrying about servers.
Is there a downside?
No solution is perfect. The first request to the server may sometimes be a little slow (a 'cold start') and extremely complicated apps may require something a bit more robust to hold them. But, serverless is faster, cheaper, and simpler than the alternatives for almost all types of web site in most cases.Final Thoughts
Serverless web hosting is becoming more popular as it saves a significant amount of time and effort - and money, too! Serverless automatically scales, has fast load times all over the world, and allows developers to code.If you have never tried serverless web hosting before, maybe now is your time to try it out. After all, who doesn't want a hosting experience that kind of does the work for them!