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Building Serverless Web Applications

You're reading from   Building Serverless Web Applications Develop scalable web apps using the Serverless Framework on AWS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787126473
Length 354 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Defining the project architecture

In this section, we will cover four different architectural approaches for serverless projects:

  • Nanoservices: This is where each functionality has its own Lambda function
  • Microservices: This is where each Lambda handles all HTTP verbs of a single resource
  • Monolith: This is where one single Lambda function handles all functionalities
  • Graph: This uses the GraphQL standard, which is an alternative to REST APIs

As we will see, each architectural approach has its pros and cons and there is no silver bullet. You need to weigh the benefits and choose what you think is the best for your specific use case. Let's see more about them.

Monolith versus Microservices

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