Top Links from Issue #92

This issue was published on June 2, 2020

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In this issue, we meet some new serverless heroes, Step Functions get more attention, and GCP jumps on the Java train. Plus, we have lots of great posts from the serverless community. Read the full issue...


Most Popular Links

Below are the most popular links from Issue #92 as chosen by our Off-by-none email subscribers. Sign up for the newsletter and help choose the most popular links each week!

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Serverless Express – Easy APIs On AWS Lambda & AWS HTTP API
TLDR - Take existing Express.js apps and host them easily onto cheap, auto-scaling, serverless infrastructure on AWS Lambda and AWS HTTP API with Serverless Express. It's packed loads of production-ready features, like custom domains, SSL certificates, canary deployments, and costs ~$0.

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10 Recommendations for writing pragmatic AWS Lambdas in Python by Jan Groth
Much like software applications, infrastructure provisioning has moved away from monolithic solutions, shifting focus towards decoupled components and utilisation of public service APIs.

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How to Use TypeScript for AWS Lambda in 3 Steps by Zijing Zhao
When we are using NodeJS as the runtime for AWS Lambdas, JavaScript is the default language. However, due to the lack of typing check in JavaScript, from time to time, buggy codes are deployed to Lambda inadvertently. Such as a small typo like this:

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Caching with AWS Serverless Applications by Serkan Özal
What's a phrase that encompasses all the metrics and measurements that make or break your site or app? Put succinctly, it’s "customer experience." Sites that focus on delivering a great customer experience will thrive, while those that don't will fade into irrelevance.

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Serverless Eventing: Why You Need an Event Bus! by Jason (Jay) Smith
When we are talking about Serverlesss Eventing, we are talking about more than products and technologies. We are talking about a platform and best practices. One thing that I have not been mentioning in my blog posts is the importance of an “Eventing Bus”.

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.

AWS API Gateway vs. Application Load Balancer (ALB) by Renato Byrro
We recently wrote about whether API Gateway can act as a Load Balancer. The answer is yes and, in many cases, they are substitutes for each other. But how should we choose which one to use?

Understanding the pains of building serverless applications
Are you working in a company who has adopted serverless technologies for a production project? If so, I would really appreciate your help.

I have spent quite a bit of time with AppSync on a few projects, and it's really grown on me, big time. So much of what's difficult with API GW comes out-of-the-box. Here are 5 things that really stood out. ~ Yan Cui
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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 “server-full” 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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