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Web Development•October 31, 2023•7 min read

Val Town: Serverless Scripts and APIs

Val Town provides instant serverless functions with built-in scheduling and storage.

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Val Town hosts serverless TypeScript functions instantly. Built-in scheduling for cron jobs. SQLite storage included. Share and remix functions publicly.

Function Types

HTTP handlers create instant APIs. Cron functions run on schedule. Email handlers process incoming email. Scripts run on demand.

  • Create HTTP endpoints instantly
  • Schedule functions with cron expressions
  • Use built-in SQLite for persistence
  • Reference other users' public vals
  • Deploy with instant URLs

Social Coding

Public vals shareable like gists. Fork and remix others' functions. Built-in versioning for all vals. Community library of useful functions.

Tags

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