What is Cloudflare Workers
Cloudflare's serverless platform. JavaScript and TypeScript functions that run in hundreds of cities, close to each user.
In plain terms
Workers runs JavaScript and TypeScript on Cloudflare's servers in hundreds of cities, so the code executes near whoever calls it. It starts in under a millisecond, which suits APIs, personalization, and rewriting requests in flight. Paired with Cloudflare's storage and database products, it can host full applications. It reached general availability in 2018.
What it tells you about a developer
Workers experience marks a developer comfortable at the edge: code that runs worldwide within strict memory and time limits. The platform is young, so most Workers developers are self-directed early adopters who read documentation and ship without a beaten path. Strong JavaScript and TypeScript depth comes with it, and the serverless habits carry over to AWS Lambda with a short ramp.
Facts
- Type
- Service
- Released
- 2018
- Built by
- Cloudflare
- Used in
- Backend, Infrastructure & DevOps