Cloud-native app development has seen considerable use in recent years. It lets developers exploit cloud computing with less cost and more benefits. But its feasibility must be considered before diving headfirst.
What are cloud-native applications?
Cloud-native application development refers to the development and running of apps taking the benefit of the distributed computing provided by cloud computing. Cloud-native apps are known to use the resilience, elasticity, scale, and flexibility offered by the cloud.
A cloud-native app is developed for use on a specific platform. They are built with microservice architecture. Microservice allocates equal resources to all of the services that the app uses thus making the app very adaptable to cloud architecture.
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What for?
Cloud-native technology lets you develop apps faster that are better than traditionally developed apps.
They let your company take complete advantage of cloud computing and run apps with less risk and more scalability. Let us discuss some of its benefits below.
Rapid Innovation
Software development is all about rapid innovation and turning ideas faster into a reality that your customers expect. That’s what cloud-native app development lets you do. It allows developers to whizz around the software development life cycle much faster than before. One example of this is traffic shifting, where you can test out a feature on a small percentage of users and then decide its usability for the whole population.
Relationship with Customer
Cloud-native app development brings you closer to your customer by removing non-customer-focused tasks. That’s how you end up making a better product, pleasing your customer.
Easy to Access and Cheap
Cost and effort-wise, access to cloud-native app development are very easy. In it, you don’t have to buy anything you don’t need. There is no need for upfront payment. Your developers will be able to access cutting-edge technologies at high economies of scale with only a fraction of the cost.
After setting up your initial account, using the cloud infrastructure is easier than ever. You can access and use multiple tools and databases with less risk and effort.
Observable and Transparent
Cloud-native technology on its own logs and records every activity, which gives you all the information you need to keep track of things that are going on. This lets you run a serverless function where you can get a notification via SMS in case something goes awry.
Experimentation
Possibilities with cloud-native are endless. It lets you take a lunge forward into trying new ideas without fear and see what works and what doesn’t. It doesn’t come at the cost of quality, performance, or security.
How to?
Cloud-native computing will let you be the hero of custom software development, delivering value directly to your customer. Your app design will have to bring into consideration how performance is measured, how the app is built, and how improvements are made.
The following should be the main parts of the design.
- Automation
- Monitoring
- Documentation
- Making small changes
- What to do in case of failure
Final Words
Cloud-native app development is considered to be the future of software development. And rightly so, its use has increased immensely over time. It helps solve many inherent problems of cloud computing, however, transitioning to cloud-native technology is not without its challenges.
