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Learn AWS Serverless Computing

By : Scott Patterson
Book Image

Learn AWS Serverless Computing

By: Scott Patterson

Overview of this book

Serverless computing is a way to run your code without having to provision or manage servers. Amazon Web Services provides serverless services that you can use to build and deploy cloud-native applications. Starting with the basics of AWS Lambda, this book takes you through combining Lambda with other services from AWS, such as Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Step Functions. You’ll learn how to write, run, and test Lambda functions using examples in Node.js, Java, Python, and C# before you move on to developing and deploying serverless APIs efficiently using the Serverless Framework. In the concluding chapters, you’ll discover tips and best practices for leveraging Serverless Framework to increase your development productivity. By the end of this book, you’ll have become well-versed in building, securing, and running serverless applications using Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda without having to manage any servers.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Why We're Here
4
Section 2: Getting Started with AWS Lambda Functions
9
Section 3: Development Patterns
12
Section 4: Architectures and Use Cases

Technical requirements

To get the most out of this chapter, it would help if you understood at least the basics of RESTful API web services and architectural styles. There's a link in the Further reading section for a quick-start tutorial if you need to brush up. For the authentication and authorization topics, you will need an understanding of OAuth standards such as OpenID Connect and how they work.