Chapter 1, Understanding the Serverless Model, introduces the concept and its pros and cons along with some use cases.
Chapter 2, Getting Started with AWS, gives an introduction to new AWS users and describes which tools will be used throughout the book.
Chapter 3, Using the Serverless Framework, teaches you how to configure and use the Serverless Framework, which is a must-have tool to build serverless applications.
Chapter 4, Hosting the Website, helps you to configure your domain and host your website with HTTPS support.
Chapter 5, Building the Frontend, uses the approach of Single-Page Applications to design a React frontend.
Chapter 6, Developing the Backend, covers how to design a RESTful interface and build the backend code using Node.js.
Chapter 7, Managing a Serverless Database, shows how to use SimpleDB and DynamoDB to store data for a serverless project.
Chapter 8, Securing the Serverless Application, covers the standard security practices and how to implement authentication and authorization in a serverless application.
Chapter 9, Handling Serverless Notifications, demonstrates how to build serverless notifications using the publisher-subscriber pattern.
Chapter 10, Testing, Deploying, and Monitoring, shows how to test a serverless solution, what are the standard practices to deploy your application in production, and what you need to monitor.