Programming AWS Lambda

John Chapin has worked as a technical executive and senior engineer for over 15 years. He was previously the Vice President of Engineering, Core Services, and Data Science at Intent Media, where he assisted teams in transforming how they generated business value using Serverless technology and Agile techniques.

Mike Roberts is an engineering executive who has lived in New York City since 2006. He's worked as an engineer, a CTO, and a variety of other interesting jobs. Mike has long advocated for Agile and DevOps values, and he is particularly enthusiastic about the role that cloud technologies have played in enabling such values for many high-functioning software teams. He sees Serverless as the next development of cloud systems.

Serverless is changing the way businesses build and distribute software. Java engineers will learn how to apply their skills in the new world of serverless computing with this hands-on guide. You'll learn how this cloud computing execution approach may reduce the complexity of designing and operating apps while also lowering expenses and time to market.

John Chapin and Mike Roberts, engineering professionals at Amazon, walk you through the process of designing these applications with AWS Lambda, Amazon's event-driven, serverless computing platform. In Programming AWS Lambda, you'll discover how to set up a development environment, write Lambda functions, and deploy and manage your serverless software. The chapters provide exercises to guide you through each step of the process.

• Learn about serverless, functions as a service, and AWS Lambda.
• Learn how to deploy functional Lambda functions to the cloud and how the Lambda platform interfaces with other AWS services.
• Create and bundle Java Lambda code and dependencies.
• Build a serverless API and data pipeline to create serverless applications.
• Using automated tools, test your serverless applications.
• Build production-ready applications using advanced approaches.
• Understand the pitfalls as well as the new opportunities offered by serverless architecture.

Author: John Chapin and Mike Roberts

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