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Building Serverless Applications with Python

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Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781787288676

Length 272 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

AWS Lambda

Concepts

Serverless

Author (1):

Jalem Raj Rohit

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

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Preface

1. The Serverless Paradigm FREE CHAPTER

2. Building a Serverless Application in AWS

3. Setting Up Serverless Architectures

4. Deploying Serverless APIs

5. Logging and Monitoring

6. Scaling Up Serverless Architectures

7. Security in AWS Lambda

8. Deploying a Lambda Function with SAM

9. Introduction to Microsoft Azure Functions

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Index

Chapter 2. Building a Serverless Application in AWS

This chapter will introduce the concept of serverless applications using AWS Lambda as the tool of choice. This will help you understand the concept, intuition, and working components involved in a serverless tool. It will also explain the nuances involved in security, user-controls, and versioning code inside Lambda. You will be guided via hands-on tutorials and lessons for understanding and learning to use AWS Lambda. So, it is recommended that you follow along this chapter with a laptop and an AWS account setup to easily execute the given instructions.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

Triggers in AWS Lambda
Lambda functions
Functions as containers
Configuring functions
Testing Lambda functions
Versioning Lambda functions
Creating deployment packages

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