In the previous chapter, we briefly explored the AWS code suite of services, namely AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeDeploy, and AWS CodePipeline, and how they tie into the continuous integration and continuous delivery life cycle of an application.
In this chapter, we will be learning and exploring yet another group of AWS services that are extremely useful when it comes to developing modern cloud-ready applications, as well as for the general housekeeping of your AWS accounts: Amazon Simple Notification Services, or SNS, and Amazon Simple Queue Service, or SQS.
Keeping this in mind, let's have a quick look at the various topics that we will be covering in this chapter:
- Introducing the various messaging services provided by AWS, along with an insight into which service to use for what purpose
- Introducing Amazon SNS and Amazon...