AWS Serverless APIs & Apps - A Complete Introduction

About AWS Serverless APIs & Apps - A Complete Introduction

Serverless computing

will shape the future of web development

since it allows you to get rid of many issues "traditional" web hosting poses. Now's the perfect time to dive into this exciting new technology! Unlike in traditional web hosting, where you spin up servers, configure them and then deploy your code, in serverless applications,

you don't manage any servers

! Instead, you only provide your code and define when it should get executed. Done! Without managing any servers, you typically

pay way less

(since you got no overhead capacity), can

react much better to incoming traffic spikes

and

don't have to worry about server security

! For these very reasons, it's no wonder that

serverless computing is on the rise

, with more and more companies adopting it! Learn it now to gain an edge and either use it for your own projects or apply for

high-paid jobs

!

What does this course offer then?

This course will

introduce you to serverless computing

and then

quickly dive into

how to build serverless apps with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Specifically,

you will learn

:

how you can build a REST API

without worrying about servers, using AWS API Gateway

to set up your

on-demand code via AWS Lambda

how to execute that Lambda code whenever incoming requests reach your defined REST endpoints

how you can

store data in a database

- naturally without managing any database servers!

We won't stop there though

! Instead, you'll then dive even deeper into serverless computing and learn:

how you can

add user authentication

to your existing frontend apps and how you can then also protect your REST API against unauthenticated access with ease!

how you can easily integrate a complete user

sign up & sign in flow

(including user confirmation) into

ANY app

(web app, iOS or Android app!) with

AWS Cognito

how to

deploy your web app

in a

serverless

manner

how to

speed up the delivery

of your static web app assets

how to

secure

your serverless app

what else

you can build with the services covered in this course and which

other services

might be interesting to you

where to dive deeper regarding

advanced development workflows

and much more!

Is this course for you?

Now that you know what this course offers, is it the right choice for you? Which skills should you bring? This course is

absolutely the right choice

for you if you're interested in providing great web applications

without worrying about the provisioning of servers

. It's

also the right choice

if you already got experience as a system administrator but are

interested in keeping up

with the latest developments and the many new possibilities serverless computing offers. You will need

some basic AWS knowledge

, or the willingness to dive deeper into AWS alongside taking this course. Additionally, a

credit card

is required for signing up to AWS. Finally, you should be

familiar

with

APIs and SPAs

(Single-Page-Applications) and which role they play in today's web development environment. You don't need to know how to create them though.

I'd be very happy to welcome you on board!