How to test serverless functions locally
Learn how you can use Netlify Dev to package and serve serverless functions in your local development environment.
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Serverless functions made simple - Just add files
Netlify Functions adds an entire serverless development and deployment pipeline to your project as part of your existing workflow. Just add files.
How TalkSearch instantly scrapes YouTube captions with Algolia and Netlify Functions
Learn how Algolia TalkSearch scrapes YouTube playlists and indexes the video captions, making it easy for your site visitors to instantly search video captions.
Write Netlify Functions in Rust
We're launching experimental support for Rust in Netlify Functions, with the same developer experience offered for JavaScript, TypeScript, and Go.
How to Include Files in Netlify Serverless Functions
Learn how to include any type of file in Netlify serverless functions, even if you reference them using dynamic expressions.
How to Process Multipart Form Data with a Netlify Function
If you've ever built a file upload into your website, you might have come across the multipart/form-data encoding. In this post, we take a look at how the encoding looks and how to process it inside a Netlify Function.
Building a Headless Shopify E-commerce Site with Nuxt and The Storefront API (Part 1)
Create your own online shopping experience using the new Shopify Storefront API Cart feature, Nuxt, and Netlify's serverless functions.
Build your own shop with the Shopify Storefront API, Eleventy, and serverless functions
Create your own online shopping experience using the improved Shopify Storefront API, serverless functions, and Eleventy.
Can Dynamic Sites Go Serverless?
How one dev let go of her server and migrated her dynamic sites to a microservices architecture on the Jamstack.
Usability improvements for Netlify Function logs
Announcing a few enhancements to make your life a little easier when managing and troubleshooting serverless functions on Netlify.
Announcing Native TypeScript Support for Netlify Functions
Native TypeScript support for Netlify Functions is the latest step in our quest to build simpler development workflows.
Modern, faster Netlify Functions
We're improving Netlify Functions to give developers better and faster serverless workflows. Try the public beta of our function bundler and new JavaScript features.
Next.js and Netlify for a better and faster Backlinko website
Backlinko works with agency Bejamas, selecting Netlify as their web development platform for a better performing site. The combo of Netlify Functions and the Essential Next.js plugin was a perfect solution for their team. Learn how they were able to make the site 3x faster.
Incremental Static Regeneration: Its Benefits and Its Flaws
There are some awesome pros and some serious cons to using incremental static regeneration in your projects.
Netlify Functions - for an unrivaled serverless workflow
With Netlify Functions, we want you to enjoy all the same powerful workflows and abilities when building serverless functions, as with the rest of your application. Learn how.
Announcing Background Functions
Say "hello" to Netlify Background Functions, now available in Beta for customers on Pro plans and above.
Increasing the memory capacity for Netlify Functions
Increasing Netlify functions memory capacity from 128MB to 1024MB 🎉
FaunaDB & JAMstack with Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson talks about the origins of FaunaDB and how it works swimmingly with the JAMstack.
Goodbye Medium — Kent C. Dodds
Kent C. Dodds explains why he migrated from Medium to his own JAMstack site, and shows us his approach to leaving no URL behind. Made possible by Netlify's redirects and serverless functions.
Featured site: HTTP Toolkit
HTTP Toolkit's site is hosted on Netlify and uses Netlify Functions, Sentry, and Paddle for the accounts and purchasing flows.
Restrict access to your sites with role based redirects
Restricting access to your content is important to keeping your content secure from unauthorized users. In this post, we dive into how to configure role based redirects with Netlify.
How to Use GraphQL with Vue Apollo Components and Netlify Functions
Markus Oberlehner demonstrates how he uses Netlify Functions to add a GraphQL backend to his VueJS application.
React Suspense with Netlify Functions
Netlify Functions are the best way to locally emulate and deploy a React Suspense app. Here's how.
Combining Netlify with Dropbox For a One-Click Publishing Process
Dropbox as CMS?! Why not? Every new file, every save action, can update your site, turning your Dropbox into one lean, mean, content machine!
How we built a Vue CLI Plugin for Netlify Lambda
In this post, we cover how we built a Netlify Lambda Vue CLI plugin that integrates with existing projects to build and serve AWS Lambda functions.
Forms and Functions
In previous posts, we’ve raved about how awesome forms are, especially when you get to take full advantage of them without having to even configure a backend to handle data collection. In this post, we cover how we can turbocharge our form workflows with serverless functions.
How to run Express.js apps with Netlify Functions
Learn how to use the popular node express.js framework with functions on Netlify.
Five Key Benefits of "Going Serverless"
What "serverless" truly means for developers and 5 characteristics that define a serverless application
How to setup serverless OAuth Flows with Netlify Functions & Intercom
This tutorial demonstrates how to build OAuth flow with Intercom, simple-outh2 and Netlify Functions
Building Serverless CRUD apps with Netlify Functions & FaunaDB
This tutorial demonstrates how to build a CRUD backend using Netlify serverless functions and FaunaDB as the datastore.
Node.js 8.10 now available in Netlify functions
Netlify's AWS Lambda integration now includes support for Node.js 8.10
JAMstack architecture on Netlify: How Identity and Functions work together
Take a deeper look at how to use Netlify Functions together with Netlify’s Identity feature to access and update user data, and allow your users to send you a message that you receive directly on Slack. All it takes is a little bit of glue code to bring the services together.
Netlify's AWS Lambda functions bring the backend to your frontend workflow
Netlify now handles your serverless AWS Lambda functions so you don't have to. Bring all the power of microservices to your site without setting up servers, writing server-side code, or managing multiple accounts.
Create your own URL shortener with Netlify’s Forms and Functions
Create a URL shortener that uses your own custom domain with Netlify Functions and Forms
Ep. #12, FaaS and the Benefits of Serverless
In the latest episode of JAMstack Radio, Brian invites Ryan Scott Brown and David Wells to examine the rise of Functions as a Service (FaaS).