Versioning Lambda functions
The concept of the Version Control System (VCS) is for controlling and managing versions of code. This functionality is available directly from the main Lambda console. Let's try and learn how to version our Lambda functions:
- The first option in the
Actions
drop-down in the Lambda console is thePublish new version
option. This option can be seen here:

- When the
Publish new version
option is selected, the versioning popup of the Lambda console would be seen on the console. This would ask about the name for the new version of your Lambda function. The popup looks something like this:

- After clicking the
Publish
button, you will be re-directed to the main Lambda console. The successfully created Lambda version in the console looks something like this:

- In the bottom half of the page, the following message can be noticed:
Code and handler editing is only available for the $LATEST version
. This means that one can only edit the code in the version named$LATEST
. The versioned...