A Journey in Digital Transformation using Cloud and DevOps
Source Code: https://git.io/fjBsN In order to learn serverless computing on AWS, we will need a sample project. So, let’s take the canonical example used everywhere, that of a books catalog. So, we are on a mission to develop API for managing book catalog. This basically means, we should be able to do CRUD operations on … Continue reading [10] [ProjectX] – Create Book Catalog API using Claudia.js
Source code: https://git.io/fjllX If you are like me, after reading the title, you would say, Oh No, One more framework!. I understand. But please bear with me and you will appreciate this one. Unless you are a JavaScript developer, you are not accustomed to learning 50 different frameworks (ok.10). In fact, I reckon, in JavaScript … Continue reading [9] [ProjectX] – Easy Deployment using Claudia.js framework
Source code: https://git.io/fj84C In our last blog post, we saw how to automate deployment using AWS CLI. In this one, we will explore one more method of automatic deployment using AWS CloudFormation service. CloudFormation is like a domain-specific language created for deployment. It is a declarative language wherein you create a file in YAML or … Continue reading [8] [ProjectX] – Automating Deployment using AWS CloudFormation
Source code: https://git.io/fjl9A In our last two blog posts, we did the following things manually using AWS Console Created/Deployed Lambda function and Created/Deployed API Gateway But such kind of deployments requires human intervention, which reduces speed as well as introduces errors. Also, there is no accountability and tracking of what was exactly done. So what … Continue reading [7] [ProjectX] – Automating Deployment using AWS CLI
In our previous blog post, we created Lambda function and used AWS Console Test button to invoke it. However, in practical scenarios, we will need something else to expose this function on internet and a way to invoke it. This is what AWS API Gateway service does best. So, in this blog post, we will … Continue reading [6] [ProjectX] – Using AWS API Gateway with AWS Lambda
Source code: https://git.io/fjlWo In this blog post, we will be creating our first function using AWS Lambda and understanding intricacies related to it. Creating Lambda function Step-1: Login to your AWS console with a user having Administrator privileges and open AWS Lambda service. You should be seeing the landing page as below Step-2: Click on … Continue reading [5] [ProjectX] – Getting Started with AWS Lambda
Let’s begin our journey of learning Serverless computing. I am going to be using ProjectX as the moniker for it. So, whenever you see this word in title of blogpost, you will know this post is one in the series of posts helping you to start from Zero and become a Hero in the Serverless … Continue reading [4] [ProjectX] – From Zero to Hero in Serverless
Source code: https://git.io/fjBs8 When you work on a project, it is very likely that you will want to store the files generated in your Cloud9 development environment to some common repository outside this EC2 VM. One reason is so that you don’t lose your code if anything happens to this VM on AWS Otherwise also, … Continue reading [3] Integrate AWS Cloud9 with GitHub
In my long career in IT industry, I have always benefited from doing development using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Besides giving you productivity gains, it provides a lot more benefits in terms of organizing files as well as writing smart and clear code. Now, being predominantly a Microsoft developer, I know that Microsoft as … Continue reading [2] Cloud-based IDE for Cloud-based Development
Today i was listening to talk given by Yan Cui on Serverless computing (specific to AWS Lambda) at ServerlessDays If you have time to watch, it will be 33 minutes well spent. If not, let me summarize what he talked about. Serverless doesn’t mean No Servers If you are thinking this way, you are missing … Continue reading [1] Serverless – more FinDev than DevOps by Yan Cui
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