Question
What is the point to functions?
- Posted on July 2, 2022
- DigitalOcean App PlatformDigitalOcean Functions
Asked by me
I get the logic of having functions as a whole, like offering at a service.
My issue is the logic in how it’s been deployed. As I understand from the documentation, you test your function inside functions. Then when you’re ready to deploy it to production use, you deploy the function as a app component. So basically the functions service is for development use only.
Why not call it app component testing or something. Am I missing something? The logic seems half baked. Like the idea makes sense, small functions to have and API to send requests to. But how it was built out as a service inside DO doesn’t make sense.
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Hi there,
Serverless functions are not really a new concept invented by DigitalOcean. Serverless functions as a single-purpose, programmatic feature of serverless computing concept has been there for a while, offered by all main cloud providers. I believe that the feature is a good addition to the DigitalOcean set of products, making their offering way more complete.
Here are a few good resources to help you better understand what the main benefits of serverless functions are:
Hope that this helps!
Best,
Bobby