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        Focus on quickly developing
 value-adding code and share with
        the community.
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        Create Your First Action
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          Scaling Per-Request &amp; Optimal Utilization
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          Run your action ten thousand times in a fraction of a second, or once
          a week. Action instances scale to meet demand as needed, then disappear.
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          Enjoy optimal utilization where you don't pay for idle resources.
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          Flexible Programming
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          Code in different languages like JavaScript/NodeJS, Swift, Python,
          Java or run custom logic by packaging code with Docker.
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          Invoke your code synchronously, asynchronously, or on a schedule.
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          Use higher-level programming constructs like sequences to declaratively
          chain together multiple actions.
          Use parameter binding to avoid hardcoding service credentials in your code.
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          And also, debug your code in realtime.
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          Rich Service Ecosystem
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          Benefit from a large ecosystem of event emitters and consumers
          from different vendors covering domains like analytics,
          cognitive, data, mobile, and IoT.
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          “Apache OpenWhisk relieved us from all of our pain points. It allowed
          us to focus on coding instead of operational aspects, guaranteed
          optimal utilization and scaling, [and] provided us with a flexible
          programming model.”
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          – Barry Nijenhuis, SiteSpirit
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          “Apache OpenWhisk’s modular and effective ecosystem twisted our minds
          and now we’re able to deploy and connect different parts of our apps
          and infrastructure easily.”
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          – André Poleza, Co-Founder of Nepente
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          Join Our Mailing List
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          Explore the Source on GitHub
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