Tag: Swift

I’m interested in serverless computing and as I write Swift, the OpenWhisk platform comes up high when you Google. This turns out to be a really good choice as OpenWhisk is Open Source so I can read the source code (and have done!). In principle, I can also run my own instance of it if I need to to for regulatory reasons, or just to avoid vendor lock-in. Commercially, the whole point of Serverless (aka Functions as a Service) is that it deal with everything infrastructure related other than the function I am writing, and so I actually host my OpenWhisk functions with IBM’s Bluemix. Source: Serverless Swift on OpenWhisk – OpenWhisk – Medium

Last week I blogged about my first experience working with OpenWhisk triggers and rules, specifically the Cron trigger which lets you execute actions according to a schedule. Today I’m sharing another example, which, while not as complex as the 911 scraper, I thought was kind of fun. Source: Another OpenWhisk Cron Example – the Blog Nag · Raymond Camden