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Python Essentials for AWS Cloud Developers

By : Serkan Sakinmaz
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Python Essentials for AWS Cloud Developers

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By: Serkan Sakinmaz

Overview of this book

AWS provides a vast variety of services for implementing Python applications, which can pose a challenge for those without an AWS background. This book addresses one of the more predominant problems of choosing the right service and stepping into the implementation of exciting Python apps using AWS. The book begins by showing you how to install Python and create an AWS account, before helping you explore AWS Lambda, EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, and S3 for Python programming. You'll then gain hands-on experience in using these services to build the Python application. As you advance, you'll discover how to debug Python apps using PyCharm, and then start deploying the Python applications on Elastic Beanstalk. You’ll also learn how to monitor Python applications using the CloudWatch service, along with creating and publishing APIs on AWS to access the Python application. The concluding chapters will help you get to grips with storing unstructured and semi-structured data using NoSQL and DynamoDB, as well as advance your knowledge using the Glue serverless data integration service in AWS. By the end of this Python book, you’ll be able to take your application development skills up a notch with AWS services and advance in your career.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Python Installation and the Cloud
4
Part 2: A Deep Dive into AWS with Python
9
Part 3: Useful AWS Services to Implement Python

What have we learned?

AWS has more than a hundred services, and we have learned about the important Python-related services. Let’s walk through those services:

  • Lambda: Lambda is a cloud computing service that allows you to run Python applications. You don’t need to provision any server; Lambda manages the infrastructure.
  • EC2: EC2 provides a server machine in the cloud. You can create a server and install the required applications, or whatever you want.
  • Elastic Beanstalk: Elastic Beanstalk is used to deploy Python-based web applications.
  • CloudWatch: CloudWatch is a logging and monitoring service on AWS. You can easily track your services.
  • RDS: RDS is a relational database service on AWS. If you need a database, you can easily create it without managing the server.
  • API Gateway: API Gateway is used to create, maintain, and publish an application programming interface.
  • DynamoDB: DynamoDB is a key-value database that is used to query and store...