Creating a Lambda function

We can easily create a new Lambda function from the management console by navigating to the AWS Lambda section and execute the following steps:

1. Click on Create function to begin the process:

2. The Create function dialog will give us the option to select the following:
   • Author from scratch: Write our own function that will be completely custom
   • Blueprints: Use a template that AWS has provided for us to help with authoring the function
   • AWS Serverless Application Repository: A repository for predefined Lambda functions
3. We will select the Author from scratch option, to write our own function in this scenario:

4. In the Author from scratch section, we need to name our function, select a runtime, and create or select an existing role if we have one, so that the Lambda function will have the necessary permissions to execute the code:

5. After the function...