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Effortless Cloud-Native App Development Using Skaffold

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801077118
Length 272 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ashish Choudhary Ashish Choudhary
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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 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Developers are not Kubernetes experts

Kubernetes was originally developed for operations folks and not for developers. There are many reasons why a developer would not be interested in knowing Kubernetes for their day jobs. One valid reason is that a developer is more interested in solving the business problem and adding features to the products they are developing, and they are not bothered about the target environment, that is, where they will deploy the application. And, let's be honest, Kubernetes is complex, which makes it hard not only for the beginner but also for experienced folks. I saw this joke, probably on Twitter, on how hard it is to understand Kubernetes: "One time I tried to explain Kubernetes to someone. Then we both didn't understand it."

It requires a different level skill set than the everyday tasks of a developer. Because of its complexity, it usually takes a very long time for the average developer to master Kubernetes.

More often than...

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