Learning AWS Amplify

Course details

Developing mobile apps is challenging enough without needing to learn and develop the backend on the server. AWS provides many of the services, but with the quantity comes the difficulty. Amplify provides a command-line interface that handles the decisions and work to the AWS servers for you. It uses defaults in many cases to prevent many decisions by the developer.

In this course, Bear Cahill details how to leverage AWS Amplify to simplify your app development workflow. Bear provides an overview of Amplify and then details how to use it in the development of a React web app and iOS mobile app, including how to easily add analytics to your app using Amplify. Plus, he discusses how to approach user authentication with Amplify, create a GraphQL API with AppSync and Amplify, and store files online.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Build apps with AWS using Amplify CLI
02 - What you should know

1. AWS Amplify Overview

03 - Introduction to Amplify
04 - AWS account and console
05 - AWS Amplify CLI installation

2. Amplified React App

06 - React app creation and configuration
07 - Initialize a project with Amplify
08 - Analytics added with Amplify
09 - Project analytics code
10 - Challenge - Host an app on AWS
11 - Solution - Host an app on AWS
12 - User authentication via AWS

3. Mobile App Features

13 - iOS project Amplify set
14 - Xcode Swift packages
15 - User authentication in the app
16 - Challenge - Add user logout
17 - Solution - Add user logout

4. Serverless Backend

18 - GraphQL API
19 - Mobile app and AppSync Client
20 - Fetch items from the server
21 - Challenge - Delete server data
22 - Solution - Delete server data

5. Storing Files Online

23 - File storage configuration
24 - File storage from the app
25 - Download files
26 - Delete files from the bucket
27 - Billing and cleaning up

Conclusion

28 - Continue learning Amplify