The Elements of Kubernetes: Foundational concepts for apps running on Kubernetes
Kubernetes is catching on like wildfire. But as organizations move to this new platform, they end up with legacy applications that dont take advantage of everything Kubernetes has to offeror worse, with applications that dont work at all. Aaron Schlesinger shares an Elements of Kubernetes guide that details patterns to ensure your application fits into the Kubernetes platform.
| Talk Title | The Elements of Kubernetes: Foundational concepts for apps running on Kubernetes |
| Speakers | Aaron Schlesinger (Microsoft) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference |
| Conf Tag | Engineering the Future of Software |
| Location | New York, New York |
| Date | February 4-6, 2019 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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The Elements of Style is a foundational guide to writing well. It effectively summarizes how to harness the power of the English language to write high-quality prose of almost any kind. In computing, we have similar guides for various technologies: Python offers The Zen Of Python, Ruby has The Rails Doctrine, and so on. These documents are a North Star that guides their community toward the same goals. We need a similar guide for Kubernetes. It should set best practices for how app developers and operators should think about and use the features in Kubernetes to build and deploy reliable, stable apps. We don’t have one today, but the Kubernetes community has the experience to build one. Drawing on his own and the community’s experiences, Aaron Schlesinger details an “Elements of Kubernetes” guide, to be used by app developers and operators alike. You’ll leave with a list of best practices you can apply to your app now. Topics include:
