With cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, even small teams can take full advantage of web-scale distributed application patterns and practice.

Cloud Native: Designing Change-tolerant Software is the best guide to developing strong applications that thrive in the dynamic, distributed, virtual world of the cloud.

Key Features

·   The application lifecycle of Cloud Native apps

·   Automated configuration management

·   Multi-tenant services, versioned services, and parallel deploys

·   Understanding Cloud Native Routing

·   Managing dependencies between apps and services

Requires intermediate programming skill with Java or a similar language. Some experience with server-side development is helpful.

About the technology

Cloud-native software promises near-zero downtime, shortened feedback cycles, multi-device support, and improved cost control. All this means developers need to learn new skills and techniques, along with a new way of thinking about application design.

Cornelia Davis is the Sr. Director of Technology at Pivotal Software. A teacher at heart, Cornelia has spent the last 25 making better software and better software developers.