Building Scalable SaaS Applications - Part 6

Building Scalable SaaS - Part 6: Billing and Deployment

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Surendra Tamang

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Prerequisites

  • Completed Parts 1-5 of this series
  • Understanding of payment processing
  • DevOps and deployment knowledge

Billing and Production Deployment

Coming soon! This tutorial will cover:

What You’ll Learn

  • Stripe Integration: Complete billing system implementation
  • Subscription Management: Plans, trials, and renewals
  • Payment Processing: Handling payments securely
  • Usage-Based Billing: Metered billing implementation
  • Kubernetes Deployment: Production-ready container orchestration
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Automated testing and deployment
  • Monitoring and Alerting: Production monitoring setup
  • Disaster Recovery: Backup and recovery strategies

Topics Covered

Billing System

  • Stripe subscription management
  • Webhook handling for payment events
  • Proration and billing adjustments
  • Tax calculation and compliance
  • Revenue analytics and reporting

Subscription Features

  • Free trials and onboarding
  • Plan upgrades and downgrades
  • Usage limits and overages
  • Dunning management
  • Churn analysis and prevention

Production Deployment

  • Kubernetes cluster setup
  • Blue-green deployments
  • Rolling updates strategies
  • Secret management
  • SSL/TLS configuration

DevOps Best Practices

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Automated testing pipelines
  • Security scanning
  • Performance monitoring
  • Incident response procedures

Scaling and Maintenance

  • Auto-scaling configuration
  • Database backup strategies
  • Disaster recovery planning
  • Cost optimization
  • Capacity planning

This final tutorial completes your journey to building a production-ready SaaS application!

Stay tuned for the complete tutorial!