Working with topics

Now, let's take a look at how easy it is to work with SNS and how we can perform complete management of SNS tasks from the SNS management console. The real power of SNS of course lies in the programmable access and the ability to automate the creation of topics and distribution of messages, but, to demonstrate the way SNS operates, the management console will suffice.

Creating a topic

Let's perform the following steps:

1. To create a topic, navigate to the SNS management console and select the Create topic action:

2. In the Create new topic dialog, we can select the Topic name and the Display name that we will be using for this topic. Note that the Display name is only required when sending SMS...