Learn SERVERLESS-FRAMEWORK with Real Code Examples

Install Node.js

Install Serverless Framework CLI via npm (`npm install -g serverless`)

Configure cloud provider credentials (AWS, Azure, etc.)

Initialize a new Serverless project (`serverless create --template aws-nodejs`)

Run `serverless deploy` to deploy the first function

Install Node.js and npm

Install Serverless CLI globally

Configure cloud provider credentials

Create and initialize service project

Test deployment with sample function

serverless.yml - main config file

package.json - Node.js dependencies

.env - environment variables

optional plugin configs

.serverless/ - deployment artifacts

serverless create

serverless deploy

serverless invoke

serverless remove

serverless logs

CLI and config files are UTF-8 compatible

Dashboard supports multiple locales

Event data can handle multi-language payloads

No hard restrictions on character sets

Integrates with cloud-native localization services

CLI accessible via terminal

Dashboard web interface supports keyboard navigation

Logs and metrics structured for easy parsing

Documentation accessible online

Community tutorials for guidance

Not directly applicable - Serverless is backend-focused

Dashboard provides visual monitoring

Logs and metrics dashboards for observability

Event flows visualized in some plugins

Custom plugins can extend UI reporting

Environment variables

Function input/output state

Resource definitions in YAML

Cloud provider IAM roles

Stages for dev/staging/prod

Event payloads (HTTP, S3, SNS, etc.)

Persistent storage (DynamoDB, S3, RDS)

Temporary function state via environment or memory

Monitoring metrics for processing

Logging to provider-specific services