Can anybody please share some perks of using netlify’s hosting services compared to other hosting providers? How does netlify’s approach to continuous deployment, serverless functions, and CDN integration enhance website performance and scalability?
This is a relatively broad question, but here are some answers:
Continuous Deployment
Netlify automatically builds and deploys your site whenever you push changes to your Git repository. This gives you benefits:
- Automatic Builds: On each change pushed to your repo, Netligy triggers a build process so that the latest version of your site is live.
- Instant Rollbacks: If something goes wrong, you will have no problem rolling back to a prior version quickly.
Serverless Functions
Netlify Functions allows running server-side code without managing servers (thus, serverless). For the most part, you get to run Node.js on the server allowing relatively complex interactions and dynamic features for your site. Functions scale automatically. Therefore, increased traffic will be handled without the need for any manual intervention.
We also provide Edge Functions, to allow running JavaScript before your static files. This gives you even more control (like a middleware) on how files are served.
CDN Integration
Netlify lets you deliver your content fast to users all over the world. Some key features include:
- Global CDN: We would automatically route a requests to the nearest server for less latency.
- Instant cache invalidation: Changes are instantly pushed across the CDN so users will always get the latest content.
- Efficient caching: Frequently accessed content is cached, reducing load times and server strain.
Anything in the services of Netlify you’d like me to shed some light on?