Developer Experience on Kubernetes

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about the book

Developer Experience on Kubernetes introduces developer-optimized tools and practices, ranging from local development to Kubernetes in production, illustrated by practical use cases that demonstrate the impact of these important technology choices. The book brings together the entire software development lifecycle from an application developer perspective, providing a coherent and cohesive view on how to work effectively on cloud native applications. The goal is to give you tools, processes, and strategies that you can apply immediately in real-world development.

Authors Maricio Salatino and Thomas Vitale take a modular approach to  developer experience, making it possible for you to adopt different tools and practices based on your own needs. You’ll get guidance for assessing and improving your existing developer experience, including under-emphasized areas like security, continuous delivery, and configuration. Along the way, you’ll meet many powerful tools from the Kubernetes ecosystem, including Podman, Testcontainers, Cloud Native Buildpacks, OpenTelemetry, Dapr, OpenFeature, Knative, Ollama, and more.

about the reader

For readers with experience building cloud native applications using Kubernetes.

about the authors

Mauricio Salatino has been part of the Kubernetes and CNCF ecosystem for over since 2016. He has contributed to many Open Source projects in the cloud native space and currently co-chairs the Application Development Working Group at the CNCF with co-author Thomas Vitale. Mauricio is the author of Platform Engineering on Kubernetes (Manning, 2023).

Thomas Vitale advocates for cloud native technologies and contributes to open source projects both in the cloud native and Java space as a CNCF Ambassador. He has particular interest in bridging the gap between application development and platform teams, fostering better collaboration. Thomas is the author of Cloud Native Spring in Action (Manning, 2022).