You're reading from Effortless Cloud-Native App Development Using Skaffold Simplify the development and deployment of cloud-native Spring Boot applications on Kubernetes with Skaffold

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801077118

Length 272 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Ashish Choudhary

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: The Kubernetes Nightmare – Skaffold to the Rescue

2. Chapter 1: Code, Build, Test, and Repeat – The Application Development Inner Loop FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Developing Cloud-Native Applications with Kubernetes – A Developer's Nightmare

4. Chapter 3: Skaffold — Easy-Peasy Cloud-Native Kubernetes Application Development

5. Section 2: Getting Started with Skaffold

6. Chapter 4: Understanding Skaffold's Features and Architecture

7. Chapter 5: Installing Skaffold and Demystifying Its Pipeline Stages

8. Chapter 6: Working with Skaffold Container Image Builders and Deployers

9. Section 3: Building and Deploying Cloud-Native Spring Boot Applications with Skaffold

10. Chapter 7: Building and Deploying a Spring Boot Application with the Cloud Code Plugin

11. Chapter 8: Deploying a Spring Boot Application to the Google Kubernetes Engine Using Skaffold

12. Chapter 9: Creating a Production-Ready CI/CD Pipeline with Skaffold

13. Chapter 10: Exploring Skaffold Alternatives, Best Practices, and Pitfalls

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