We touched on the concept of packaging and deploying a simple Lambda function earlier in Chapter 1, Introducing AWS Lambda and parts of it in this chapter as well, however in this section, we will be doing things a bit differently! Rather than covering the steps all over again, we will be exploring a few simple and powerful open source Lambda deployment tools that are currently out there in the market today! Why tools you ask? Well, why not?
As a developer we always want to make the deployment and management of our codes simpler and hassle free, especially when it comes to working with a lot of Lambda projects at the same time. These tools accelerate time to development and also help us reduce any errors that may occur when working with the AWS Management Console or the AWS CLI. In this section we will be exploring two such tools that are gaining a lot...