Netlify Web Development Cloud

I used Netlify Platform  for deploying my front-end applications, primarily React applications that I built for various firms and clients. My main use case involved deployment of these applications.

One of my biggest projects involved designing a news feed application for a client, and I deployed the front-end onto Netlify Platform . That project is still running and is earning my client a significant amount of revenue.

I have deployed three to four projects with Netlify Platform, but this was one of the major ones because I faced many challenges. I worked through all of them and successfully deployed the application.

The major valuable feature that Netlify Platform offers is the developer experience, which is very smooth. I could straightforwardly work on my front-end application logic and deploy it without difficulty.

Another major advantage is the edge functions that Netlify Platform provides. At that time I was using Deno, which was relatively new, and Netlify Platform provided edge functions for it, which helped me leverage the CDN  capabilities. These two features are the major ones for me: the first is developer experience and ease of deployment, and the second is the serverless and edge functions, which helped me use the CDN  capabilities.

When I talk about developer experience with Netlify Platform, it is really very easy. I can write the logic or if I am shipping a feature, I can push it to a branch and get a live review for local testing. The front-end teams doing code reviews also benefit significantly. I could give it to the testing team and once that is complete, we could very efficiently upgrade it to production with the preview changes we developed for the feature.

Regarding edge functions, they were very helpful for A/B testing. I could implement or roll out certain features for a specific number of users, and based on their analytics, I could use the A/B testing capabilities. The CDN also helped significantly, as CDN cache invalidations and related tasks are abstracted and taken care of behind the scenes.

When we shipped our front-end application with Netlify Platform, the process was very smooth. Since features could be shipped without much hassle and without thinking about how the architectures would work or how the infrastructure would be laid down, this smooth process was beneficial. Netlify Platform's CDN is very helpful, and our client's website could reach multiple geographical locations, which definitely helped their business.

I do not remember the actual metrics because it has been two years, but I would definitely say that Netlify Platform really helped us save time in feature delivery. The deliverables were quick, feature delivery was fast, CI changes and deployments were very quick, and we could easily deploy and test our features and roll them out to our end users. I do not have the numbers since I used it three years back, but I would say that it really helped us with very efficient and faster feature deliveries.

One thing I could recall from three years back is that I am not sure whether Netlify Platform has worked upon the infrastructure to get the build process faster, but I believe the build time was slower at that time compared to the deployment patterns and platforms I am using currently. I believe since it has been three years, they have definitely improved their infrastructure.

Regarding cold start, there was a problem at that time. The cold start latency of Netlify functions was somewhat lacking based on my experience. At that time, these two things—build time and cold start times—were areas for improvement when I initially used Netlify Platform three years back.

I believe Netlify Platform is doing a great job overall. Just one or two points, as I mentioned, about making build times faster and reducing the cold start times for their Netlify functions would be helpful improvements.

I have been working in my current field for around six years.

The setup was not done by me since I am an engineer; it was done by the higher officials who were there, such as the tech leads. I am not sure about the pricing and setup cost. Since I have also used it personally, I would say the free tier which Netlify Platform provides is a generous tier to host applications. Regarding licensing and setup cost, I am not very sure, but I am confident in that direction.

Previously, since it was in my organization, it was the first time we used Netlify Platform. My personal choice has since switched, and my current choice is Vercel. If I get the requirement, I will definitely use Netlify Platform again, but since Vercel nowadays is very famous and provides many capabilities, I have been using it.

Using Netlify Platform would improve your developer experience and provide certain advantages, such as using the CDN without thinking about cache invalidations. I would recommend going for it. I would rate this review seven out of ten.

I use Netlify Platform  for hosting projects where I will be uploading projects into a Git  repository. Then from that, I will be signing up with GitHub  in Netlify. Then I will be hosting the repository link over there. So I'll be hosting and getting a link that I will be adding to my resume. Later, I have worked as a freelancer, so it became helpful that I need not pay anything for the hosting plan. I can connect a domain easily with a DNS server.

Not only from a professional side, but for maintaining GitHub  and for hackathon projects, it helped me more. Let me take a case where I will be participating in a 24-hour hackathon or a 12-hour hackathon which is a time-constrained one. We will be developing projects overnight. So we'll have less time, one hour or two hours, where it will be more helpful and low cost. The low cost is the main thing. Just by pushing a GitHub repository and signing in, we will be able to deploy easier. Whether we can call it just a two to three clicks deployment, that's the specific.

Absolutely, my everything was saved. Money was saved and time saved. No fewer employees needed. Just one-on-one work. I will develop, and if in case my friends help, that's okay, but they will be helping in code and I'll be pushing it to Git  and just host it. That's it. It is totally a time saving thing.

Actually, a member named Manohar asked me something like what can I do after doing a project. I informed him that you should be hosting it through Netlify Platform  by just pushing a Git repository. Even I have a screenshot to give proof of that. I have also promoted Netlify Platform in many ways. Like I'm a GDB  web and full stack head in college. I have mentioned Netlify Platform to use for hosting around 30 people. So for 30 students, I have mentioned Netlify Platform to use and post it in Netlify Platform.

The best features that Netlify Platform offers, in my opinion, are the built-in serverless functions that we can able to run back-end code without managing servers. These are useful for forms, APIs, and authentication. Also, faster performance uses CDN  to deliver content quickly. It is also optimized for static and Jamstack sites.

It offers faster displaying of our website. So it is more helpful for an organization.

Netlify Platform can be improved by Edge Functions, new and powerful ones useful for personalization, authentication, or redirects. Make  the app super fast globally. To run long tasks like sending emails and reports, you could include something like email plans. For example, not like a business email, but for an email something like emailjs and SMTP servers are plugins. Like adding a different type of plugin or extension, like a built-in function where you have to provide credentials, then by just filling a form by a user, you will be getting a mail. Another idea is that GoDaddy , Netlify, and Namecheap  are providing domains. If Netlify Platform has its own domain provider, it will be more good.

Currently, there is a limited compared to full backend platforms. Serverless  function has execution limits. So the improvement must be a powerful back-end support like APIs and databases. A complete better experience would be comparable with Firebase or AWS . Netlify does not provide its own database. So developers must use external services to add a native database like Firebase or Firestore, which simply full-stack development. Instead of a database from other sites or other platforms, Netlify can have its own database where the user can use it like Firebase or something like Firestore. For better pricing and scaling, the free tier is good, but cost increases quickly, which needs more flexible pricing for growing apps.

I have been using Netlify Platform for about six months.

I think it can handle a traffic of about 100 or 200. I don't know about it correctly. From my project, the traffic around will be 100 or 200, that's it. I don't know about it exactly.

Netlify Platform is a reliable platform. It is a stable thing. I have hosted around 10 plus projects in that. Four projects will be for a client. And it is completely good.

I haven't reached any customer support till now. A troubleshoot should be made before that. I have faced no trouble with Netlify Platform, so I didn't contact customer support.

Before Netlify Platform, I have used Vercel over there. Actually, Vercel and Render  are platforms I have used. For complex codes, I'll be using Render . For just a UI, I mean a front end, I will be using Netlify Platform. Before Netlify Platform, I have used Vercel, because the only thing I did not know about the use case of Netlify Platform. So later I was able to know about Netlify Platform and switch to it.

I haven't paid anything for Netlify Platform pricing or any setup cost involved in it. It is completely free. I have used only free plans right now. For dealing with the license, I have used SSL certificates where I will be getting it from Cloudflare . So I'll be giving the DNS codes to Cloudflare . From that Cloudflare, you will be getting SSL certificates. That's how I get a license.