Event-Driven Computing with AWS Lambda and Securing Access to Backend APIs with Amazon API Gateway

In the rapidly evolving world of cloud computing, serverless architecture and event-driven computing have caused a paradigm shift, altering how we think about infrastructure, scalability, and resource utilization. This chapter delves into the core of serverless computing on AWS, a platform that has redefined the application development and deployment landscape. Focusing on AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway, this chapter aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills required to use these powerful services to build efficient, scalable, and cost-effective serverless applications.

AWS Lambda is the cornerstone of event-driven serverless architecture. It allows you to run code responding to events without managing servers, fundamentally changing how applications are built and deployed. Lambda’s event-driven nature makes it ideal for many applications, from simple web applications...