Low-Code + Containers = ODC's Development Powerhouse

OutSystems Developer Cloud (ODC), has been designed and its capabilities have been optimized for deployment and operation in a cloud environment. Cloud native applications support quick elasticity/Scalability and agility. So let’s see what cloud native offers in terms of a value proposition:

Cloud-Native Features:

• Microservices Architecture: Applications can be built using a microservices architecture concept, This is where the OutSystems applications are broken down into smaller, independent, and loosely coupled services. This modular approach allows for easier deployment, scaling, and maintenance in the cloud.
• Scalability and Elasticity: The IDC's infrastructure can automatically scale resources (computation or storage or both) up or down based on the application's load. This efficient resource utilization is a key benefit of cloud computing.
• Containerisation: At the heart of ODC, The applications are packaged as containerised applications, which allows deployment teams to deploy them easily. This also enables portability across different cloud environments.
• Zero Effort DevOps: ODC has behind the scenes CI/CD? pipelines and processes. There are built-in tools and methodologies which help streamline the development, testing, and deployment process.

Why Go for a Cloud Native Ready platform?

Get Reliability and Resilience: ODC provides high availability and disaster recovery features, ensuring applications remain vaccinated against outages.

Quick Time to Market: Low Code and Containerization promotes faster deployment and easier scaling.

Lower Infra Costs: The ODC Platform takes care of infrastructure,its Maintenance and the complexity of managing container infra.

Adaptability and Agility: Keeps up with business needs and quickly adapts to change in terms of functionality and scalability.

Faster Delivery: The Synergy of Kubernetes and Low-Code

Unlike Outsystems 11, OutSystems Developer Cloud (ODC) uses Kubernetes, an open-source container orchestration platform, to containerise, and manage the deployment of OutSystems applications in a cloud environment.

Kubernetes manages the underlying infrastructure, facilitating the application team members to focus on building applications using OutSystems low code functionality. The complexity of managing and maintaining the container infrastructure is handled by the OutSystems Developer Cloud platform

In short, Kubernetes is the foundation for ODC's containerized infrastructure, providing the scalability, resilience, and efficient management of OutSystems applications in the cloud environment mentioned above.

Conclusion

Empower your team and achieve true scalability and agility in your application development process. Low-code platforms remove the burden of complex coding for core functionalities, while open source container platform, Kubernetes, ensures seamless deployment and management. This powerful combination fosters a developer-centric environment that allows teams to focus on innovation and deliver exceptional applications with greater ease.

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