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Learn AWS Serverless Computing: A beginner's guide to using AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and services from Amazon Web Services

Scott Patterson

$19.99 per month

4 (5 Ratings)

Paperback Dec 2019 382 pages 1st Edition

Scott Patterson

$19.99 per month

4 (5 Ratings)

Paperback Dec 2019 382 pages 1st Edition

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Key benefits

Learn how to write, run, and deploy serverless applications in Amazon Web Services
Make the most of AWS Lambda functions to build scalable and cost-efficient systems
Build and deploy serverless applications with Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda functions

Description

Serverless computing is a way to run your code without having to provision or manage servers. Amazon Web Services provides serverless services that you can use to build and deploy cloud-native applications. Starting with the basics of AWS Lambda, this book takes you through combining Lambda with other services from AWS, such as Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Step Functions. You’ll learn how to write, run, and test Lambda functions using examples in Node.js, Java, Python, and C# before you move on to developing and deploying serverless APIs efficiently using the Serverless Framework. In the concluding chapters, you’ll discover tips and best practices for leveraging Serverless Framework to increase your development productivity. By the end of this book, you’ll have become well-versed in building, securing, and running serverless applications using Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda without having to manage any servers.

Who is this book for?

This AWS book is for cloud architects and developers who want to build and deploy serverless applications using AWS Lambda. A basic understanding of AWS is required to get the most out of this book.

What you will learn

Understand the core concepts of serverless computing in AWS
Create your own AWS Lambda functions and build serverless APIs using Amazon API Gateway
Explore best practices for developing serverless applications at scale using Serverless Framework
Discover the DevOps patterns in a modern CI/CD pipeline with AWS CodePipeline
Build serverless data processing jobs to extract, transform, and load data
Enforce resource tagging policies with continuous compliance and AWS Config
Create chatbots with natural language understanding to perform automated tasks

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Product Details

Publication date : Dec 24, 2019

Length: 382 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781789958355

Category :

Cloud & Networking

Concepts :

Serverless

Tools :

AWS

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19 Chapters

Section 1: Why We're Here

The Evolution of Compute

Understanding enterprise data centers

Exploring the units of compute

Understanding software architectures

Predicting what comes next

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Event-Driven Applications

Understanding modern applications

Evolution of integration patterns

Automation with serverless

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Section 2: Getting Started with AWS Lambda Functions

The Foundations of a Function in AWS

Technical requirements

Learning about AWS Lambda

Setting up security

Invoking Lambda functions

Anatomy of a Lambda function

The programming model

Writing your first Lambda function

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Adding Amazon API Gateway

Technical requirements

Introducing Amazon API Gateway

Securing an API

Building, deploying, and managing APIs

Building a Lambda-backed API

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Leveraging AWS Services

Technical requirements

Using Amazon S3 with Lambda

Using Amazon DynamoDB with Lambda

Using AWS Step Functions as an Orchestrator

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Going Deeper with Lambda

Technical requirements

Bringing your own runtime to Lambda

Enabling code reuse through layers

Operationalizing

Development practices

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Section 3: Development Patterns

Serverless Framework

Technical requirements

Understanding the need for a framework

Exploring the core concepts of the Serverless Framework

Deploying your first service

Testing and debugging

Summary

Questions

Further reading

CI/CD with the Serverless Framework

Technical requirements

Using serverless development pipelines

Understanding deployment patterns

Introducing AWS services

Section 4: Architectures and Use Cases

Data Processing

Technical requirements

Getting across the processing types

Building a batch data processing workload

Data analytics and transformation

Summary

Questions

Further reading

AWS Automation

Technical requirements

Embedded security

Running scheduled tasks

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Creating Chatbots

Technical requirements

Building a chatbot with Amazon Lex

Building a Slackbot using Serverless Framework

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Hosting Single-Page Web Applications

Technical requirements

Understanding serverless SPAs on AWS

Building SPAs with Serverless Framework

Summary

Questions

Further reading

GraphQL APIs

Technical requirements

Introduction to GraphQL

Building GraphQL APIs

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Assessment

Chapter 1: The Evolution of Compute

Chapter 2: Event-Driven Applications

Chapter 3: The Foundations of a Function in AWS

Chapter 4: Adding Amazon API Gateway

Chapter 5: Leveraging AWS Services

Chapter 6: Going Deeper with Lambda

Chapter 7: Serverless Framework

Chapter 8: CI/CD with the Serverless Framework

Chapter 9: Data Processing

Chapter 10: AWS Automation

Chapter 11: Creating Chatbots

Chapter 12: Hosting Single-Page Web Applications

Chapter 13: GraphQL APIs

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Rajib Das Aug 14, 2020

I read it through the packet subscription. This is a great introduction to this subject plus I really liked the writing style. My recommendation is to buy it here or go for a packet subscription which is only quite cheap.

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Mike Lewis Feb 09, 2020

Amazing book. takes the reader from simple steps to actually building Lamdba functions in a few chapters. great foundational knowledge. you will go from 'zero to hero' with this book. cannot recommend it enough. Awesome read

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Alex Thomson Feb 26, 2020

This is a very useful guide for best-practices when designing and implementing server-less solutions on AWS. It has plenty of REAL WORLD use-cases and examples, and is surprisingly easy to read. 100% recommend

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Jason in Chicago Jul 06, 2021

Just read Full Stack Serverless from O’Reilley (good) before this (meh) and it seemed more useful for AWS + JS with about half the pages.The Packt series seems to be focused on the Serverless Framework (SF) as opposed to AWS Amplify which seems better for an AWS focused project. Maybe SF was better when these Packt books were written, but my noob opinion is that Amplify is better.In the book I liked the examples seemed both simpler and more useful. In this book many examples seemed more like complicated “hello world” by comparison.

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marcuscassius Oct 17, 2020

It might be a good beginners guide if you're a developer and know a language already. The flurry of terms I was expected to know was overwhelming. I tried rereading this four and five times to figure out what he was talking about and got completely lost. This is not a beginners book.

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About the author

Scott Patterson

Scott Patterson is a cloud architecture lead, a product owner, and a proud technology geek. With a healthy obsession of all things AWS, Scott gets most excited about the things you can build with serverless patterns and modern cloud-native architectures. He has empowered many organizations to rethink, rearchitect, and accelerate the release of their products by using these very patterns. Scott is also a huge advocate for AWS within the developer community, being a co-founder of the AWS User Group in Wellington he runs events and conferences throughout New Zealand. Outside of work, Scott lives a high-adrenaline life where he enjoys paragliding from mountains, building cars, and racing motorcycles.

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