AWS for Developers: Data-Driven Serverless Applications with Kinesis (2019)

Course details

Data-driven applications have their application flow governed by the data, and the serverless framework can serve as the web framework to create this kind of application. In this course, join instructor Marcia Villalba as she takes you through an overview of serverless applications and Kinesis. Learn how to design an event-driven application, how to integrate AWS Lambda and Kinesis streams, and how to set up necessary permissions. Also, discover how to leverage CloudFormation, API Gateway, SES, SNS, and SQS, and more.

Learning objectives
Backend as a service (BaaS)
Function as a service (FaaS)
Why infrastructure as code is so important
Creating an order
Setting up DynamoDB
Saving into a DynamoDB table
Using AWS SDK
Sending a message to the stream
Deploying and testing an application
Cleaning up an AWS environment

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - AWS and serverless applications
02 - What you should know

1. Get Started with Serverless

03 - What is a serverless application
04 - Backend as a service (BaaS)
05 - Functions as a service (FaaS)
06 - AWS Lambda basic concepts
07 - Serverless Framework 101
08 - Why is infrastructure as code so important
09 - What we are going to build
10 - Getting started with the project

2. Get Started with Kinesis

11 - Kinesis introduction
12 - Designing an event-driven application
13 - Create stream with CloudFormation
14 - Create an order
15 - Setting up DynamoDB and saving into the table
16 - Send a message to the stream using AWS SDK
17 - Setting up all the permissions
18 - Deploying and testing
19 - Challenge - API Gateway and Lambda
20 - Solution - API Gateway and Lambda

3. SNS, SQS, and Kinesis

21 - AWS Lambda and Kinesis streams
22 - Trigger a new Lambda
23 - Configure SES
24 - Send an SES message
25 - Test out SES Message
26 - Challenge - Kinesis
27 - Solution - Kinesis

4. Lifecycle of a Message in the Stream

28 - What is the difference between SNS, SQS, and Kinesis
29 - Create a queue with CloudFormation
30 - Send a message to SQS
31 - Trigger a Lambda with a new SQS message
32 - Challenge - SQS
33 - Solution - SQS

Conclusion

34 - Clean up the AWS environment
35 - Next steps

AWS for Developers: Data-Driven Serverless Applications with Kinesis (2019)

Authors

Marcia Villalba