Until recently riff users writing functions in a compiled language needed to
compile their code before issuing riff function create
.
This was because function creation was based around Dockerfiles (details).
With the experimental buildpack support in riff v0.1.3, it's now possible to compile code as part of riff function create
,
which is far more convenient.
Java is the first language to be supported by the riff buildpack. So let's see what you need to use this.