Serverless platforms significantly reduce the cost of running high-performance web sites and API services in the cloud, but with a major impact on architecture, these services also require teams to re-think how to approach sessions, storage, authorization and testing.
Join Gojko Adzic, a key contributor to Claudia.js (a popular open-source deployment tool for AWS Lambda) in this a practical workshop for developers and architects that want to take advantage of the latest trends in cloud computing: serverless apps and cloud functions.
Target Audience
This is an intermediate workshop for developers and architects migrating from on-premise applications to the cloud or investigating the migration from self-managed applications (virtual machines in the cloud) or Platform-as-a-Service (Heroku, Google App Engine) applications to AWS Lambda and cloud functions.
Previous knowledge with cloud functions is not required, but you will need basic knowledge of JavaScript to follow the exercises.
Program
Through hands-on exercises and teamwork, you’ll learn about using AWS Lambda and API Gateway to create responsive event-driven micro-services, auto-scaling web APIs, and high-performance web sites.
By the end of the workshop, you will create a useful real-world serverless application, exploring the typical architectural patterns.
Agenda
Day 1 – Getting started with Lambda and performing basic tasks
- Introduction to AWS Lambda and API Gateway
- Logging, monitoring and analytics in a serverless world
- Connecting Lambda functions to storage (S3)
- Invoking Lambda functions from Web APIs
- Securing Lambda functions.
Day 2 – Architecting serverless applications
- Designing applications for share-nothing architectures
- How to achieve user sessions and still work at scale
- Key things to consider when talking to third-party APIs
- Authentication and authorization with serverless applications
- How to design testable Lambda functions
- How to set up your workflow for teamwork and versioning.
What will you learn in this course?
- Use AWS Lambda and API Gateway
- Perform file conversion, image serving, connecting to third-party APIs and managing sessions with serverless architectures
- Design scalable, high-performance web sites with single-page apps backed by cloud APIs
- Get the most out of AWS integrations (AWS Cognito and AWS IoT Gateway)
- Identify how serverless architecture impacts testing, monitoring and deployments
- Run A/B tests easily and operate multiple versions of your system cheaply by learning best practice
- Start converting monolithic applications to cloud functions
- Use Amazon Serverless Application Model (SAM) and Claudia.js to deploy Lambda functions.
