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Python Essentials for AWS Cloud Developers

By : Serkan Sakinmaz
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Book Image

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

Installing the AWS Toolkit

In this section, we will install the AWS Toolkit in PyCharm. The AWS Toolkit is an extension for PyCharm to develop, debug, and deploy your applications for AWS. Let’s get to it:

  1. Open PyCharm on your computer.
  2. Open Preferences from the PyCharm dropdown and select Plugins:

Figure 5.1 – Preferences

  1. Type AWS Toolkit in the search area and click Install:

Figure 5.2 — Install the AWS Toolkit

  1. After installation, the IDE will ask you to restart it. Click the Restart IDE button:

Figure 5.3 – Restart the IDE

We have installed the AWS Toolkit in PyCharm. As the next step, we are going to configure the credentials for our AWS account.