Cloud-native is a very popular keyword nowadays. But is it just another hype topic? My personal opinion is: No, it isn’t. Cloud-native development is essential to build sustainable, future-oriented architectures (in this context we also speak of evolutionary architectures) that can deal with the volatile, rapidly changing requirements with respect to products and business models! But what does Cloud-native mean?
According to the definition of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Cloud-native apps are loosely-coupled, resilient, manageable and observable. To meet the requirements to quickly react on changed business requirements, a robust and consistent automation strategy (CI/CD). Technological Cloud-native apps massively count on containerisation. Conceptually such apps rely on modern concepts like Microservices, APIs, DevOps and 12-factor app.
To make it more concrete: Cloud-native apps are built with a Cloud-first mindset. In addition, those apps should not depend on a specific tooling or vendor so that it can be both deployed in the Cloud and on-premises as well as in the Cloud of vendor A and vendor B without changing the implementation. Technologies like Kubernetes (and of course other technologies specifically certified by CNCF) are key therefore.
From my perspective, the ideas behind Cloud-native should be the basis for any app that is developed nowadays! Read the complete article here.
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