Introduction to Edge Computing

Edge computing brings processing closer to users, dramatically improving performance and enabling new applications.

What is Edge Computing?

Instead of processing everything in centralized data centers, edge computing distributes computation to locations closer to end users.

Benefits

• Lower latency: Processing happens near users
• Better performance: Faster response times
• Reduced bandwidth: Less data needs to travel far
• Improved reliability: Distributed processing
• Privacy: Data can stay local

Use Cases

• Content delivery (CDNs)
• Real-time applications
• IoT processing
• Video streaming
• Gaming

Cloudflare Edge

Cloudflare’s edge network includes:

• 300+ locations worldwide
• Workers for serverless edge functions
• KV for distributed storage
• D1 database at edge

Getting Started

Write edge functions with Cloudflare Workers:

export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    return new Response('Hello from edge!');
  }
};

Conclusion

Edge computing is transforming web architecture. Start leveraging it for better performance and new capabilities.

The future is distributed - embrace the edge!