Top Links from Issue #117
This issue was published on November 24, 2020
SQL for NoSQL? đ¤
In this issue, we've got even more pre:Invent announcements, a solution for PostgreSQL at serverless scale, and DynamoDB gets a new SQL-like API. Read the full issue...
Most Popular Links
Below are the most popular links from Issue #117 as chosen by our Off-by-none email subscribers. Sign up for the newsletter and help choose the most popular links each week!
The Cloud Architect
Recording and redacted transcript from my keynote at the AWS Community Day Australia and New Zealand.
AWS Knowledge Series: Batch Processing using AWS Lambda by Sanjay Dandekar
In this article we will talk about how you can leverage AWS CloudWatch Rules and AWS Lambda to build a reliable, flexible, low cost and server-less batch processing. Typically batch processing involves running a scheduling engine and AWS EC2 instances.
Skip Lambda, Save Data to DynamoDB Directly Using API Gateway; Process Later with Streams by Chris Bailey
AWSâ API Gateway allows you to directly connect it to/proxy many other AWS services. This article discusses doing this with DynamoDB, as a way to create an API that adds data to DynamoDB, without needing to use a Lambda function.
How I Built and Deployed a Fun Serverless Machine Learning App by Anthony DELANOIX
Have you ever wanted to build a machine learning application with a heavy model on the backend, a React user-friendly interface on the frontend, and a serverless cloud architecture all around so that your product is scalable to tens, hundreds, or even thousands of users?
Serverless Architecture Patterns in #AWS
1- Backend API Service 2- Hosting Microservices 3- Backend and Frontend Service 4- CloudFront with Regional API Gateway 5- Backend and Frontend Service using Single CloudFront Distribution 6- Storage First 7- APIs hosted by the backend service and frontend content hosted in S3
Honorable Mentions
There are so many great blog posts, tutorials, use cases, and more shared each week by the #serverless community, that picking just a few to feature is really hard. So here are some other honorable mentions chosen by our readers.
You now can use a SQL-compatible query language to query, insert, update, and delete table data in Amazon DynamoDB
You now can use PartiQL (a SQL-compatible query language)âin addition to already-available DynamoDB operationsâto query, insert, update, and delete table data in Amazon DynamoDB. PartiQL makes it easier to interact with DynamoDB and run queries in the AWS Management Console.
AWS Step Functions Use Cases by Taavi Rehemägi
As you probably already know, Step Functions is a serverless Workflow Service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Simple Atomic Counter with DynamoDB and API Gateway by Vikas Solegaonkar
A web application often needs a central counter. We have several simple use-cases like the member id for a registration application. Or the amount collected on a sales application â there are many that we all have seen.
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About the Author
Jeremy is the CEO and Founder of Ampt and an AWS Serverless Hero that has a soft spot for helping people solve problems using serverless. He frequently consults with companies and developers transitioning away from the traditional âserver-fullâ approach. You can find him ranting about serverless on Twitter, in several forums and Slack groups, hosting the Serverless Chats podcast, and at conferences around the world.
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