Cloud Native Application Development

17 January 2025 - less than 1 min read time
Tags: Cloud Native Development Microservices

Cloud Native Application Development

Development Principles

1. Microservices Architecture

• Service independence
• Bounded contexts
• API-first design
• Event-driven communication

2. Container-First Development

• Dockerfile best practices
• Multi-stage builds
• Security considerations
• Image optimization

3. Configuration Management

• Environment variables
• Config maps
• Secrets management
• Feature flags

4. API Design

• RESTful principles
• GraphQL considerations
• API versioning
• Documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)

Development Tools

1. Container Tools

• Docker
• Buildah
• Kaniko
• Podman

2. Development Frameworks

• Spring Boot
• Quarkus
• Micronaut
• Express.js

3. API Gateways

• Kong
• Ambassador
• Traefik
• Istio Ingress

4. Service Mesh

• Istio
• Linkerd
• Consul
• AWS App Mesh

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