Serverless Web Applications with AWS Amplify

Build Full-Stack Serverless Applications Using Amazon Web Services

Akshat Paul, Mahesh Haldar

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781484287064
• eBook ISBN: 9781484287071
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Cloud Computing
• Index: Computer Science

Learn the fundamentals of serverless applications and how to take advantage of time-tested Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build scalable apps. This book shows you how to work with the key features of your applications with minimum code, simple CLI commands and one-click deployments.  

You'll see how to manage authentication, standard UI components, database storage, filesystem, CI/CD pipeline and more. You'll also examine the architecture, strengths, scalability, and limitations of serverless, and how to use AWS Amplify effectively. You will use tools including React, Cognito, GraphQL, DynamoDB, Kinesis, and Sagemaker.

AWS Amplify is the fastest and easiest way to build serverless web and mobile apps at scale, comprising tools and services that work independently and can be wired together to build scalable apps.

 What You'll Learn

• Build GraphQL and REST APIs
  
• Model data with Amplify Datastores
  
• Set up a CI/CD pipeline with Amplify
• Record and make sense of user data analytics with Kinesis
• Boost your application with AI/ML capability using Sagemaker

Who This Book Is For

Developers who have worked on web technologies and want to learn how to build serverless applications and developers interested in making powerful applications using AWS that can then be wired using AWS Amplify.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction to Serverless
• 2. UI Component and Authentication
• 3. CRUD and REST APIs – Pillars of Efficient Data Exchange
• 4. Integrating REST APIs with a Frontend React App
• 5. Offline-First App
• 6. Data Storage
• 7. Analytics
• 8. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Continuous Deployment
• 9. Amplify Supplements
• Back Matter