As we've already seen, there are some brilliant aspects of writing Lambdas locally, which is why we are going to use it throughout this book. We're going to choose an IDE and install NodeJS and NPM before setting up a folder structure for our Lambdas. Finally, we'll use the AWS CLI and Git to create awesome tools to get rid of the normal disadvantages of working locally.
Creating the best local development environment
Choosing an IDE
Which IDE you use is down to personal preference; there are a few great ones out there, including Atom, Komodo, and Brackets. If you already have a personal favorite then you can use that, but all of the examples will use Visual Studio Code (VS Code).
VS Code is an open source IDE...
