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Hands-On Serverless Applications with Go

By : Mohamed Labouardy
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Hands-On Serverless Applications with Go

By: Mohamed Labouardy

Overview of this book

Serverless architecture is popular in the tech community due to AWS Lambda. Go is simple to learn, straightforward to work with, and easy to read for other developers; and now it's been heralded as a supported language for AWS Lambda. This book is your optimal guide to designing a Go serverless application and deploying it to Lambda. This book starts with a quick introduction to the world of serverless architecture and its benefits, and then delves into AWS Lambda using practical examples. You'll then learn how to design and build a production-ready application in Go using AWS serverless services with zero upfront infrastructure investment. The book will help you learn how to scale up serverless applications and handle distributed serverless systems in production. You will also learn how to log and test your application. Along the way, you'll also discover how to set up a CI/CD pipeline to automate the deployment process of your Lambda functions. Moreover, you'll learn how to troubleshoot and monitor your apps in near real-time with services such as AWS CloudWatch and X-ray. This book will also teach you how to secure the access with AWS Cognito. By the end of this book, you will have mastered designing, building, and deploying a Go serverless application.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Setting up the Go environment

This section will walk you through how to download and install Go on multiple platforms, how to build a simple Hello World application, and how to use an IDE to speed up your Go development. Along the way, you will become familiar with the Go commands that you will need to write Lambda functions in Go.

The runtime environment

Download the appropriate package for your operating system and architecture from the Go download page (https://golang.org/dl/):

  • For macOS X: Download the goVersion.darwin.amd64.pkg file and follow the installation prompt. You may need to restart any open Terminal sessions for the change to take effect.
  • For Windows: Download the MSI installer and follow the wizard. The installer...