A selection of my favorite AWS resources on various topics…
| AWS AppSync | |
| AWS AppSync Community | Collection of resources and links related to AWS AppSync. Great place to start. |
| AWS AppSync Velocity Template Guide | Overview of Velocity Templates and how they are used to build AppSync resolvers. |
| AWS Amplify | |
| How to Build Production-ready Vue Authentication | Detailed review of how to integrate Amplify in a Vue.js application with authentication. |
| Tracking and Reminders in AWS Amplify | Nice overview of adding Amazon Pinpoint to your AWS Amplify project. |
| AWS API Gateway | |
| A Detailed Overview of AWS API Gateway | Incredible deep dive on AWS API Gateway. |
| How to sign AWS Api Gateway Requests with Signature Version 4 using AWS Amplify? | Detailed overview of the SigV4 signing process and how to. |
| CloudFormation | |
| CloudFormation Nested Stacks Primer | While I did not formerly believe, I’ve grown to feel Nested Stacks are a good thing. |
| DynamoDB | |
| Data Modeling a Gaming Application with Amazon DynamoDB | Tutorial describing data modelling approach for a game application using DyanmoDB. Great approach to learning design patterns. |
| Design a database for a mobile app with Amazon DynamoDB | Another tutorial, similar to the preceeding link, that reviews the data model approach for a common use case with DynamoDB. Very instructive. |
| From relational DB to single DynamoDB table: a step-by-step exploration | Excellent article detailing DynamoDB design best practices in reference to an existing relational database model. |
| DynamoDB Pricing: OnDemand, Autoscaled, Provisioned, or Reserved? | An overview of DynamoDB pricing models. |
| Understanding the scaling behaviour of DynamoDB OnDemand tables | Analysis of scaling behavior when using DynamoDB On-Demand. Useful when migrating from provisioned capacity or when considering tables with very spikey usage. |
| Lambda | |
| Understanding the Different Ways to Invoke Lambda Functions | Part of a series from George Mao, a terrific overview of the three different ways a Lambda function can be invoked: synchronous, asynchronous, and poll-based. |
| How Should You Organize Your Functions in Production? | Thoughts on the age old monolithic versus single-purpose function along with pros and cons of each. |
| AWS Lambda — should you have few monolithic functions or many single-purposed functions? | Another discussion on Lambda organization. |
| To VPC or not to VPC? Pros and Cons in AWS Lambda | Discussion on the use of Lambda in an AWS VPC. Be sure to check the flow chart (also in AWS documentation). Bottom line: only use a VPC if necessary (e.g. to connect to RDS, ElastiCache). VPC does not add any further security for Lambda. |
| Lambda Warmer: Optimize AWS Lambda Function Cold Starts | Nice approach for keeping Lambda functions warm via a smartly written plugin. |
| Benchmarking Lambda’s Idle Timeout Before A Cold Start | Interesting study of the how long the Lambda service keeps an idle container before removing it. |
| You are wrong about serverless vendor lock-in | Realistic point of view on serverless and perceived notion of lock-in (you’re not). Serverless enhances focus and allows teams to deliver on business value as opposed to building supporting systems. Business logic is portable. |
| AWS Step Functions | |
| Supported AWS Service Integrations for Step Functions | Useful table of integrations between Step Functions and other AWS services. |
| Security | |
| AWS Security Reference | Quick links to service-specific security documentation. |
| Workshops | |
| AWS Hands-On Workshops | Excellent collection of AWS workshops across a variety of topics, including serverless, development, IoT, and more. |
| AWS Networking Workshop | Get hands-on with AWS networking features. |