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Serverless Programming Cookbook

By : Heartin Kanikathottu
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Serverless Programming Cookbook

By: Heartin Kanikathottu

Overview of this book

Managing physical servers will be a thing of the past once you’re able to harness the power of serverless computing. If you’re already prepped with the basics of serverless computing, Serverless Programming Cookbook will help you take the next step ahead. This recipe-based guide provides solutions to problems you might face while building serverless applications. You'll begin by setting up Amazon Web Services (AWS), the primary cloud provider used for most recipes. The next set of recipes will cover various components to build a Serverless application including REST APIs, database, user management, authentication, web hosting, domain registration, DNS management, CDN, messaging, notifications and monitoring. The book also introduces you to the latest technology trends such as Data Streams, Machine Learning and NLP. You will also see patterns and practices for using various services in a real world application. Finally, to broaden your understanding of Serverless computing, you'll also cover getting started guides for other cloud providers such as Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM cloud. By the end of this book, you’ll have acquired the skills you need to build serverless applications efficiently using various cloud offerings.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Introduction

In this chapter, I will introduce you to some services that can help you to perform analytics and Natural Language Processing (NLP) on the AWS cloud, such as Amazon KDS, the Amazon Machine Learning (ML) service, and the Alexa Skills Kit. KDS is primarily used for building data pipelines for big data applications. We will also look at a basic recipe each for the ML service and the Alexa Skills Kit. To learn more about these services, you can refer to any Packt book on data analytics, ML, and NLP.

You will require the following skill sets to complete the recipes in this chapter:

  • Knowledge of how to work on AWS account
  • Knowledge of how to configure AWS CLI, as discussed in the Your first Lambda with AWS CLI recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Serverless Computing on AWS
  • A basic understanding of data analytics, ML, and NLP concepts
Keep in mind that not all services...