Learning AWS Lambda

Name: Learning AWS Lambda
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Discover techniques and tools for building serverless applications with AWS Lambda

Created byPackt Publishing

Last updated 4/2017

English

What you'll learn

Build web applications with Amazon Lambda and JavaScript (Node.js)
Design and implement serverless application architectures with Amazon Lambda, API Gateway Service, DynamoDB, S3, and CloudFront.
Leverage the Serverless Framework to build complex applications.
Learn to program, deploy, and test Lambda functions with Node.js, Java, Python, and C# (the focus is on Node.js)

Course content

6 sections • 23 lectures • 3h 11m total length

The Course Overview3:36
This video provides an overview of the entire course.
Installation and Setup7:52
This video will help you in creating and setting up AWS account.
Introduction to AWS6:58
Learn about AWS usage and pricing models.
AWS Management Console Walkthrough3:20
We are going to explore the AWS Management Console.
AWS Lambda4:52
Create a simple Lambda function from a blueprint on the AWS Management Console.
AWS API Gateway4:54
Learn how to create a REST API and how to connect your API to a Lambda function.

The Serverless Framework3:47
We install the serverless framework and try out the command-line interface (CLI).
Creating a Serverless Project7:59
Learn how to create a project with the serverless framework.
Programming a Lambda Function with Node.js5:14
We are going to write a Lambda function handler using Node.js and learn about the event, context, and callback objects.
Testing and Debugging Lambda Functions8:12
Learn different techniques and tools for testing and debugging your Lambda function handler code and API.

Building a Stateless Serverless Web Application Backend13:59
Learn how to build a simple web application using the serverless framework and Node.js.
Stateful Serverless Backend with DynamoDB21:38
We want to make our web application stateful. Therefore, we need a database. We use AWS DynamoDB to build a stateful serverless backend.
Creating a Web Client5:24
How to create a web frontend for your serverless application? In this section, we generate a JavaScript SDK and add it to an HTML page.
Deploying a Serverless Frontend on CloudFront6:01
How do you deploy the frontend? In the first step, we deploy the frontend on S3. Then, we deploy the S3 bucket on CloudFront edge locations for improved performance in different geographic regions.

Getting Started with Eclipse and the AWS Eclipse Plugin8:04
We will explore the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse and use it to create a boilerplate Java Lambda function.
Deploying and Testing AWS Lambda Functions6:43
We are going to deploy and run a Lambda function from Eclipse. Then we will review the function on the AWS Management Console.
Lambda Function with S3 Event Input7:47
We create and test a Lambda function that can be triggered through an S3 event.
Creating a Simple Serverless Java Application17:38
We are going to create a serverless Java project in Eclipse and deploy it to AWS. The project consists of two Lambda functions that use DynamoDB and S3 for data storage and retrieval.

Creating a Python Lambda Function10:17
We will create our first Python Lambda function from a blueprint in the AWS Management Console.
Using the Serverless Framework with Python4:59
We will use the serverless framework to create a Python function from a template.
Building a Serverless Backend with Python13:37
We will create a simple CRUD web application with Lambda, API Gateway, and DyanmoDB—using the serverless framework and Python.

Requirements

No prior knowledge of AWS is necessary.
This video course is primarily for IT architects and developers who want to build scalable systems and deploy serverless applications with AWS Lambda. No prior knowledge of AWS is necessary. This course provides a developer-friendly tutorial with step-by-step instructions that introduces the viewer to programming AWS Lambda with Node.js, Java, Python, and C#. Moreover, viewers will learn how to deploy and test Lambda functions, and how to set up and use the serverless framework.

Description

Amazon Lambda is the part of Amazon Web Services that lets you run your code without provisioning or managing servers. Amazon Lambda is a compute service that enables you to deploy applications and back-end services that operate with zero upfront cost and require no system administration. This video tutorial will start with the basics of Amazon Lambda and will then walk you through combining Lambda with other Amazon Web Services, such as Amazon API Gateway Service, Amazon DynamoDB, and so on. Moving on, this tutorial will show you how to write, run, and test Lambda functions using Node.js, Java, Python, and C#. Moreover, you will learn how to use its serverless framework to increase your development productivity.

About the Authors

Markus Klems is an expert on software development and system administration for scalable, high-availability and high-performance software systems, such as big data, mobile, web application, and Software-as-a-Service systems. In the context of his research and development work at TU Berlin and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Markus has gained in-depth knowledge and experience with complex and large-scale IT systems. Markus has been working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) since 2008 and is particularly excited about emerging technology trends in the realms of serverless computing and serverless microservice architectures.

Who this course is for:

This video is primarily for IT architects and developers who want to build scalable systems and deploy serverless applications with AWS Lambda.

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Getting Started with AWS6 lectures • 32min

Exploring the Serverless Framework4 lectures • 25min

Building a Serverless Application4 lectures • 47min

Programming AWS Lambda with Java4 lectures • 40min

Programming AWS Lambda with Python3 lectures • 29min

Programming AWS Lambda with C#2 lectures • 18min

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