Serverless Architectures on AWS, Second Edition

A must-read reference for anybody interested in learning how to implement serverless applications in AWS.

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about the technology

Leave behind tedious server maintenance, scheduled downtimes, constant patching, and complex infrastructure! Serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda, give you the tools to build complete applications at scale using self-managing cloud-hosted services that automatically update and scale on demand. Serverless systems enable flexible new architectures that replace or augment traditional back-end servers. On the AWS platform, the centerpiece of serverless applications is AWS Lambda, a service for writing and deploying small, single-purpose cloud-hosted functions. By composing and combining Lambda functions together with other AWS and third-party services, you can create powerful applications that help bring down costs, work faster, and have fantastic support.

about the book

Serverless Architectures on AWS, Second Edition teaches you how to design, secure, and manage serverless backend APIs for web and mobile applications on the AWS platform. You'll get going quickly with this book's relevant real-world examples, code listings, diagrams, and clearly-described architectures that you can readily apply to your own work. You’ll master serverless systems using AWS Lambda and the myriad of other services on the AWS platform.

This new edition has been fully updated to reflect the newest serverless design best practices and changes to AWS, including covering DynamoDB, Cognito, Google Firestore, AWS Elementals MediaConvert, Step Functions, and much more. There are also three new chapters dedicated to black belt tricks for Lambda, using patterns, and even DevOps for serverless applications.

what's inside

• First steps with serverless computing
• The principles of serverless design
• Transitioning from servers to services
• Important patterns and architectures
• Writing AWS Lambda functions and using the API Gateway
• Securing, deploying, and managing your finished architecture

about the reader

This book is for server-side and full-stack software developers with some experience using Node.js and AWS. Beginners and intermediate developers alike will find something useful inside.

about the author

Peter Sbarski is VP of Engineering at A Cloud Guru and the head organizer of Serverlessconf, the world’s first conference dedicated entirely to serverless architectures and technologies. Throughout his extensive IT career, Peter has led teams across large enterprise solutions with a focus on web and AWS cloud technologies.

Yan Cui is an independent consultant who has run production workload at scale in AWS for over 10 years. He has been an architect and principal engineer with a variety of industries ranging from banking, e-commerce, sports streaming to mobile gaming. He has worked extensively with AWS Lambda in production, and has been helping clients around the world adopt AWS and serverless. Yan is also an AWS Serverless Hero and a prolific blogger at theburningmonk.com.

Ajay Nair is a Principal Technical Product Manager at Amazon. Ajay is one of the founding members of the AWS Lambda team, and he continues to work closely with customers and partners to define the product roadmap and strategy for AWS Lambda and the overall serverless portfolio for AWS.