OpenWhisk External Resources

Apache OpenWhisk resources and tips.

Apache OpenWhisk is a cloud-first distributed event-based programming service. It provides a programming model to upload event handlers to a cloud service, and register the handlers to respond to various events.

Learn more at http://openwhisk.org or try it on IBM Cloud Functions.

Contents

• Tutorials
• Sample Applications
• Articles
• Books
• Media
• Runtimes
• Feed Providers
• Utilities
• Support

Articles

Articles, tutorials and blogs on building serverless applications using Apache OpenWhisk.

• Uncovering the magic: How serverless platforms really work! - A step by step guide through the inner guts of OpenWhisk.
• How to make serverless platforms blazing fast! - How OpenWhisk makes executing actions so fast...
• OpenWhisk Planner Bot - Plan your conference schedule with a serverless recommendation bot
• Exploring OpenWhisk's REST API - Details on the platform API for OpenWhisk.
• Building an MQTT Feed Provider - Walking through adding a new Feed Provider for IoT integration.
• NPM Modules in OpenWhisk - Using NPM modules in OpenWhisk Actions.
• Python Packages in OpenWhisk - Using external Python libraries in OpenWhisk
• Docker Actions in OpenWhisk - Running custom runtimes on OpenWhisk with Docker.
• Using Go with OpenWhisk - Running Go binaries on OpenWhisk
• SMS Bot - SMS Bot with Twilio and Slack
• Databases Updates And Actions - React to Database Changes with OpenWhisk Actions
• Serverless PHP Webhooks - Handle Webhooks with Serverless PHP on OpenWhisk
• Package Parameters - Storing package parameters for actions
• Serverless Search Engine - Building Your Own Serverless Search Engine with OpenWhisk
• Uploading Files to an OpenWhisk Action - Handling form uploads in actions
• JSON Web Tokens and OpenWhisk - Securing OpenWhisk actions with JWTs.
• Deploying OpenWhisk on Kubernetes - Starting OpenWhisk on Minikube.
• Starting OpenWhisk in Sixty Seconds - Using Docker Compose to start OW locally.
• Facebook Chat Bots with OpenWhisk - Creating chat bots on serverless platforms.
• Getting Started with Serverless PHP - Introduction to PHP runtime on OpenWhisk.
• OpenWhisk Alexa Skills - Creating Alexa skills with Swift on OpenWhisk

Sample Applications

Sample open-source projects built using the OpenWhisk platform

• openwhisk-emoting - Capture audience feedback with a serverless app 😄 😡
• alexa-skill-watson-conversation - Alexa Skill using OpenWhisk, IBM Watson Assistant and Weather Channel Data
• keynuker - nuke AWS keys accidentally leaked to Github
• skylink - Connect and control a DJI drone aircraft over the Internet with OpenWhisk.
• BluePic - Photo sharing application for iOS using Swift Actions for the backend.
• Conference Plan Bot - Conference planning bot built using serverless functions.
• Project OpenFridge - Improving customer service with IoT and event-driven computing.
• Project OpenChecks - Processes the deposit of checks to a bank account with object storage and OCR.
• openwhisk-slackapp - Serverless Slack app built with Slack Events API and OpenWhisk.
• openwhisk-visionapp - Image tagging and face detection iOS app built with OpenWhisk.
• openwhisk-darkvision - Discover dark data in videos with IBM Watson and IBM Cloud Functions
• openwhisk-jq - OpenWhisk Action wrapping the JQ command-line utility for JSON filtering.
• Personality Analysis - Analysing political speeches using IBM Watson.
• smsbot - SMS Bot for Slack using Twilio and OpenWhisk
• alexa-project-name-generator - Alexa skill to generate a codename for your next project

Books

• Developing Serverless Applications, A Practical Introduction with Apache OpenWhisk - free ebook

Media

Podcasts, videos, presentations and other content about Apache OpenWhisk.

Videos

• Automating Actions - Using Triggers with Actions.
• OpenWhisk YouTube Channel - All OpenWhisk-related videos.
• Building Slack Bots with OpenWhisk - Using OpenWhisk to build a Weather Slack Bot.
• Project OpenFridge - Improving customer service with IoT and event-driven computing.
• Build a cloud native app with Apache OpenWhisk - An overview of serverless architectures, introduction to the OpenWhisk programming model, and deployment of an OpenWhisk application on IBM Bluemix.
• Getting Started With Apache OpenWhisk - Learn how to create your first Serverless application with Apache OpenWhisk.
• Working With OpenWhisk - Part 1 - Getting started with OpenWhisk videos series.
• Working with OpenWhisk - Part 2 - Asynchronous Actions
• Working With OpenWhisk - Part 3 - Handling Errors

Presentations

• Event-driven and Serverless Computing with OpenWhisk - Video from Serverless Conf London 2016 by Andreas Nauerz & Michael Behrendt
• OpenWhisk Under the Hood - Video from Serverless Conf London 2016 by Stephen Fink
• Lightning talk introducing serverless architectures and OpenWhisk - IBM keynote at CloudNativeCon + KubeCon 2016. Video also available.
• Tech Talk about OpenWhisk - Detailed look at this new open source platform from Stephen Fink.
• The Future Of Cloud Programming - IBM Bluemix OpenWhisk Talk @ Codemotion 2016, Amsterdam
• Serverless Applications with Cloud Foundry and OpenWhisk - Video from Cloud Foundry Summit 2016.
• Microservices Without Servers - Slides, demo videos and sample code from conference talk on building serverless applications with OpenWhisk.
• OpenWhisk - A platform for cloud native, serverless, event driven apps - Presentation from Cloud Native Day Toronto. Video also available.
• The Serverless Paradigm, OpenWhisk and FIWARE - Presentation at the FIWARE Summit by Alex Glikson (video here).
• Serverless Swift with OpenWhisk - Using Swift on OpenWhisk to build APIs
• Official OpenWhisk Slides - Presentation decks from OpenWhisk team.

Podcasts

• What Makes IBM OpenWhisk Different? Openness - The New Stack podcast with Andreas Nauerz and Michael Behrendt.
• The Cloudcast #252 - Interview with OpenWhisk team about the future of serverless computing.
• InfoQ Interview - Q&A with Michael Behrendt on IBM's Event-driven Programming Service.
• #vSurround: Are Serverless Architectures Ready for Primetime? - Roundtable discussion with Daniel Krook (IBM), Adam Johnson (IOpipe), David Wells (Serverless), and Ryan Scott Brown (Red Hat) about serverless definitions, use cases, and what's to come in 2017.
• The FaaS and the Furious - Serverless Architecture with Apache OpenWhisk description

Workshops

Tutorials and other material to help you learn OpenWhisk

• Apache OpenWhisk Workshop - Complete bootcamp workshop on learning how to use OpenWhisk.
• openwhisk-workshop - Command-line utility to introduce the concepts behind the platform using NodeSchool toolchain.

Runtimes

Links to samples, libraries and projects for running Actions using different languages.

Platform Runtimes

• JavaScript - OpenWhisk runtime for Node.js (v6 & v8).
• Java - OpenWhisk runtime for Java 8.
• Python - OpenWhisk runtime for Python 2.7 & 3
• Swift - OpenWhisk runtime for Swift 3 & 4.
• Docker - OpenWhisk runtime for Docker Actions using SDK.
• PHP - OpenWhisk runtime for PHP 7.2 and 7.1
• Go - OpenWhisk runtime for Go lang.
• Ruby - OpenWhisk runtime for Ruby lang.

Community Examples

• Scala - Example article with Github code for running OpenWhisk Actions in Scala.
• Haskell - Haskell-based OpenWhisk services
• Docker Examples - Run Clojure, Erlang, Ruby and Rust Actions on OpenWhisk using Docker.
• Rust - Blog post and library for building Rust language Actions.
• COBOL - Run serverless COBOL programs on OpenWhisk
• QBASIC - QBASIC on OpenWhisk
• Kotlin - IBM Functions (OpenWhisk) runtime for Kotlin Actions
• Prolog - OpenWhisk Runtimes for SWI Prolog
• Ballerina - Apache OpenWhisk runtime for Ballerina
• Blue Cloud Mirror - Fun game built with Vue.js, TensorFlow and IBM technologies

Feed Providers

Examples of integrating OpenWhisk with external event sources.

• openwhisk-package-imap - OpenWhisk Package to expose IMAP emails as a trigger feed.
• openwhisk-package-template - This is a template to be use when creating new packages for OpenWhisk.
• openwhisk-package-iot - Package including all actions and feeds of Watson IoT Platform.
• openwhisk-mqtt-feed - MQTT package for OpenWhisk, provides a topic subscriber feed.
• openwhisk-package-mqtt-watson - OpenWhisk MQTT Package for Watson IoT service.
• amqp-wsk-feed - AMQP package for OpenWhisk
• jms-feed-provider - JMS Feed Provider
• AWS OpenWhisk integration - Package to integrate Amazon Web Services (AWS) with OpenWhisk

Utilities

Tools and utilities to help you be more productive with OpenWhisk

• swagger-openwhisk - Generate a fully functional whisk package and actions from a swagger specification
• openwhisk-webpack - Demonstration of using Webpack to bundle OpenWhisk Actions.
• openwhisk-es6-action - Sample project showing how to bundle ECMAScript6 actions including unit tests and code coverage.
• hubot-ibmcloud-openwhisk - Hubot scripts for OpenWhisk.
• node-red-node-openwhisk - Node-RED nodes for interacting with OpenWhisk platform.
• openwhisk-vscode - Plugin for Visual Studio Code to provide OpenWhisk commands.
• openwhisk-apiapp - Proxies calls to OpenWhisk Actions using NGINX to enables CORS
• openwhisk-canirequire - Find out which NPM modules can be used in OpenWhisk.
• openwhisk-metrics - Node.js library to collect serverless application metrics from OpenWhisk actions
• Jupyter Notebooks integration - Jupyter Notebooks as OpenWhisk Actions
• logstash-input-openwhisk - Logstash plugin to drain OpenWhisk logs to Elastic Search.
• wab (whisk activation browser) - A terminal-mode browser for inspecting OpenWhisk activations.

Client Libraries

• Node.js - JavaScript client library for the OpenWhisk platform.

Support

Got stuck with Apache OpenWhisk? Find help here…

• GitHub Issues for OpenWhisk.
• Stack Overflow #openwhisk.
• Slack Group #openwhisk.
• Twitter @openwhisk