Getting Started with AWS SAM Local

The AWS blog gave me a very pleasant surprise the other day: AWS SAM Local [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-sam-local-beta-build-and-test-serverless-applications-locally/] is in public beta. It's a golang CLI project that's distributed via NPM [https:

Real World Serverless Application Examples

UPDATED: Added examples from submissions. I love seeing real-world serverless applications. This post is a collection of the best examples, break-downs, and deep-dive articles and videos I've come across recently: * MyCrypto.tools [https://medium.com/@tunatore/how-mycrypto-tools-uses-aws-lambda-serverless-architecture-b5603df10443] is

Serverless Weekly News

I really enjoy my [http://tim.blog/welcome-to-5-bullet-friday/] weekly [http://www.hackernewsletter.com/] newsletters [http://javascriptweekly.com/] and I didn't get to go to ServerlessConf in Austin [https://austin.serverlessconf.io/] last week, so instead I started the

Redirects in Serverless

Now that the Lambda Proxy Integration [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/integrating-api-with-aws-services-lambda.html] is a thing for API GW [https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/], performing redirects is a much simpler - and more sane - thing to

I'm Writing a Book about AWS!

A few months ago I was approached to write a book about AWS for Packt Publishing [https://www.packtpub.com]. I'm pleased to announce that the AWS Administration Cookbook [https://www.packtpub.com/virtualization-and-cloud/aws-administration-cookbook] is mostly written,

Write Clean JavaScript

Over the weekend I discovered a cool repo on GitHub: ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript [https://github.com/ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript]. It's a great summary of Uncle Bob's timeless programming classic Clean Code [https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882]