JavaScript in the Cloud

A presentation at O’Reilly Infrastructure & Ops Superstream Series: Microservices & DevOps in July 2021 in by Melissa Houghton

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JavaScript in the Cloud melissahoughton.dev melissahoughton @meliss_houghton melissa-houghton

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What is the cloud? @meliss_houghton

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There is no cloud It’s just someone else’s computer @meliss_houghton

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What is JavaScript? @meliss_houghton

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History of JavaScript 1995 JavaScript Released Today Most websites use JavaScript @meliss_houghton

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@meliss_houghton

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Serverless with JavaScript @meliss_houghton

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Azure Functions Cloud Functions Lambda Functions @meliss_houghton

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Serverless Microservices @meliss_houghton

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Source: Microsoft https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/building-serverless-microservices-in-azure-sample-architecture/ @meliss_houghton

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Tools for JavaScript Devs on the Cloud @meliss_houghton

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JavaScript SDKs @meliss_houghton

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Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/javascript/azure-sdk-library-package-index @meliss_houghton

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Azure Digital Twins SDK @meliss_houghton

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Source: https://github.com/Azure-Samples/digital-twins-explorer @meliss_houghton

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Azure Cognitive Services SDK @meliss_houghton

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Static Web Apps Source: Microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/static-web-apps/overview @meliss_houghton

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GitHub Actions with JavaScript Source: https://lab.github.com/githubtraining/github-actions:-writing-javascript-actions @meliss_houghton

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Summary @meliss_houghton

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Power of JavaScript @meliss_houghton

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Atwood’s Law Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript.

  • Jeff Atwood @meliss_houghton

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