Blog Listing: Serverless Computing

EdgeWorkers is an Akamai edge computing technology that enables developers to customize web traffic by  running JavaScript at the Edge instead of using browser clients or origin servers. See this overview  for more information.  In this blog, we are going to focus on how developers can leverage continuous deployment automation tools like GitHub actions to simplify deploying EdgeWorkers code within...

Learn how Akamai's serverless computing solution can help you use geolocation to improve user experience.

Suggesting relevant search terms while a user types in a search box is a common practice on many websites and search engines. It provides a relevant and fast response that is essential for an excellent user experience.  But tuning autocomplete is not easy — search requests frequently change and typically include long-tail keywords. This article describes some of the strategies...

When website owners need to optimize web experiences, they traditionally run code on the client, build backend solutions at their origin, or leverage a content delivery network (CDN) in the middle. For various use cases, having request and response transformation logic on the edge is ideal. It is even better when the website owner’s development teams are enabled to develop...

It’s easy to get started with EdgeWorkers. The first step is to sign up for the EdgeWorkers program. This series of posts focuses on how to get the most out of EdgeWorkers by using your existing tool set. In my previous post, we introduced EdgeWorkers, setting the stage for our development scenario. This post provides a step-by-step approach for configuring...

This blog is part of the Akamai Platform Release, where we’re giving you all the details about what Akamai has added and improved for developers! You can view all of our updates here.   We're excited to announce that we've published TypeScript bindings to the EdgeWorkers JavaScript API. TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that provides static typing, which means you...

Serverless functions are an ideal alternative to VMs or containers for microservices, as they are easy to create, less risky than VMs, and faster than containers. With Akamai’s EdgeWorkers, serverless functions run directly on the Edge, where users enter the Internet. This co-locates serverless computing with the web content consumers need, which enables massive scale and unparalleled performance.  EdgeWorkers is...