Top 8 Recommended AWS Lambda Self-Study Materials! [September 2023]

(updated August 2023)

I am a Senior Software Engineer that has worked at Amazon nearly a decade. I made this course to help you learn the fundamentals of AWS Lambda using a practical approach that is focused around examples and practical projects. Absolutely zero AWS Lambda experience is required.

What makes this course different than others?

After helping millions of developers learn through my YouTube channel (Be a Better Dev), I found there was very little material that focused on learning AWS Lambda from a practical perspective. Much of the content being offered on Udemy and elsewhere focuses mainly on theory, with very little commentary on what it actually takes to build and run Lambda based applications at scale.

This course leverages my 10 years of industry experience building Lambda based applications. I've built small microservices for APIs, and large event processing systems handling billions of requests of day.

This course teaches you what you need to know and provides practical tips gained from real world usage. You simply wont learn this anywhere else.

You'll learn

• AWS Lambda Fundamental Concepts

• How AWS Lambda works behind the scenes

• How To Create, Deploy, and Debug Lambda Applications

• How To Develop and Deploy Lambda based applications using CDK

• Advanced concepts such as Concurrency, Monitoring, Service Integration,

• 3 Practical Projects that Integrate With Other AWS Services (Cloudwatch Events, API Gateway, and SQS).

• And much much more

In addition to that, I will be constantly updating course content as new features get released for AWS Lambda. So what are you waiting for? Enroll now and lets start learning AWS Lambda!

About Me

I am a Senior Software Engineer Amazon. I've been using AWS services since 2015 and began using Lambda shortly after its launch date in 2015.

This course will help you ramp up quickly and teach you what you need to know about AWS Lambda.

1. Introduction
2. Introduction - Welcome To The Course!
3. A quick favour to ask...
4. What is AWS Lambda? A Brief Introduction
5. AWS Lambda Introduction
6. A Tour Of The Lambda Console
7. Creating Our First Function
8. Invoking Our Function
9. Looking At Our Function's Logs
10. How AWS Lambda Works Under The Hood
11. Key Lambda Concepts
12. Triggers
13. Synchronous and Asynchronous Invocations
14. Maximum Duration and Timeouts
15. Hands On - Duration and Timeouts
16. Memory
17. Pricing
18. The Anatomy Of a Function Execution
19. Concurrency and Throttling
20. Hands On - Throttling
21. Unreserved and Reserved Concurrency
22. Provisioned Concurrency
23. Configuration
24. Versions
25. Aliases
26. Hands On - Versions and Aliases
27. Environment Variables
28. Hands On - Environment Variables
29. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Integration
30. Monitoring
31. Key Metrics To Monitor
32. Logging and Metric Filters
33. Hands On - Metric Filters
34. Performance Tuning and Observability
35. Lambda Insights and Performance Optimization
36. Hands On - Power Tuning
37. X Ray Tracing and Service Lens
38. Hands On - X Ray and Service Lens
39. Advanced Concepts
40. Dead Letter Queues (DLQ)
41. Layers
42. Hands On - Layers
43. Docker Integration
44. CI / CD
45. Database Proxies for RDS
46. (New!) Hands On - Lambda Function URLs
47. Practical Projects
48. Hands On - Cloudwatch Events with Lambda
49. Hands On - Build a REST API with API Gateway
50. Hands On - Event Processing with SQS (and CDK v2!) - NEW!

The only course you'll ever need to master AWS Lambda and Serverless. Period.

Serverless Computing is one of the top-paying cloud skills today. Serverless is also a key focus area in AWS Certification exams, at Associate as well as at Professional level. And this course will help you master all the different pieces to the serverless puzzle.

WELCOME TO THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COURSE IN SERVERLESS COMPUTING!

You’ll learn Serverless Computing from scratch. We’ll dive into it from scratch, and then we’ll dive into all its core features and into many advanced features as well. We’ll learn how it works, why we use it and how to use it. No prior knowledge of Serverless Computing is necessary!

What You Will Learn:

• AWS Lambda

• API Gateway

• Amazon DynamoDB

• AWS Step Functions

• AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model)

• The Serverless Framework

• AWS CI/CD Tools (Git, CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodePipeline)

• Serverless Best Practices

• Serverless Architecture Patterns

i.e. the complete gamut of AWS Serverless Architecture. And while you learn, if you need my help, just ask in the Q&A section. You’ll receive prompt response.

20+ HOURS OF HANDS-ON LABS will teach you to:

• Build Serverless Workflows

• Process Streaming Data

• Setup Serverless Authentication and Authorization

• Build Serverless APIs

• Build Serverless Web App

• Build Android and iOS Mobile Apps

• Create an Alexa skill

• Make an IoT app

• And so much more... step by step, all in this one course.

This Course uses Node.js and JavaScript

For all the demos that require the use of AWS SDKs, we'll use the AWS SDK for JavaScript.

Knowledge of Node.js and JavaScript is good to have for taking this course. This shouldn’t however stop you from taking the course. If you are new to JavaScript or Node.js, I cover the Node.js and JavaScript fundamentals as an optional section inside this course.

The JavaScript and Node.js topics covered in the course will help you get up and running with using the AWS SDK and perform the demos presented in this course. However, keep in mind that, as this course is not a JavaScript or Node.js course.

The course uses Angular and Ionic for web and mobile app demos. Knowledge of Angular or Ionic, however is not required for you to be able to complete the demos presented in the course.

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By the end of this course, you’ll have mastered the AWS Serverless Architecture and you’ll become confident to take on real world serverless projects.

Take a look at these student reviews:

"Riyaz does a great job patiently explaining complex topics going through good examples of AWS Serverless design flows. A great up to date course with a ton of material." - Stephen B.

"Very good course, the name "bootcamp" is very apt as it's pretty intense." - Rodrigo V.

"Perfect to enhance my skills after already having being Certified as an AWS Solutions Architect - Associate." - Dan R.

"Awesome course as the efforts put by instructor is priceless. Must watch if you want to become a aws serverless expert and appreciate the efforts of instructor." - Mansi

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Remember, you are in good hands! I'm waiting to help you inside the course! This is an online course, so you can take it at your own pace. If you’re busy right now, that's okay. Sign up today, and take the course at your own pace.

I look forward to welcoming you inside the course!

1. Getting Started with Serverless Computing on AWS
2. Course Overview
3. What is Serverless? (A 30,000 ft. View)
4. How Serverless Works?
5. How to Create 'Hello World' API with Serverless
6. AWS Console Updates
7. How to Create Your First Lambda Function
8. How to Integrate AWS Lambda function with API Gateway
9. Lambda Function with Node.js 8.10 Runtime
10. Serverless Architecture – Key Features, Benefits and Challenges
11. Major Players in Serverless Space and Why AWS
12. Overview of Core Serverless Services in AWS
13. Overview of Additional Serverless Services in AWS
14. Use Cases of Serverless Architecture
15. Overview of Frameworks and CI/CD Tools for Serverless
16. Environment Setup (IAM Admin User, Env Vars)
17. Environment Variables Setup on Mac
18. Environment Setup (AWS CLI)
19. Environment Setup (Node, VS Code, Postman)
20. Test the Setup
21. My Recommended Approach to Taking this Course
22. Serverless Foundation - AWS Lambda
23. Quick Overview of AWS Lambda
24. Lambda Console Walkthrough
25. Lambda Console Walkthrough Continued
26. Lambda Permissions Model
27. Lambda Handler Syntax in Node.js 6.10 and Node.js 8.10
28. Event Object, Invocation Types, Event Sources
29. Context Object, its Methods and Properties
30. Logging and Error Handling
31. Hands on Demo: Passing Parameters via the Event Object
32. Hands on Demo: Accessing Path and Query String Parameters from the Event Object
33. Hands on Demo: Deploying the Lambda function with ZIP File
34. Quick Note on using Lambda Node.js 12.x Runtime
35. Hands on Demo: S3 Events Example (Serverless Image Resizing)
36. Hands on Demo: Handling S3 Events in Lambda
37. Configuring S3 Event Trigger for Lambda function
38. Hands on Demo: Deploying Lambda via AWS CLI
39. Testing the S3 Event Trigger for Lambda
40. AWS Lambda Limits
41. AWS Lambda Pricing
42. Serverless Foundation - Amazon API Gateway
43. Quick Overview of Amazon API Gateway
44. Query String and Path Parameters
45. Testing the API Endpoint
46. CORS Configuration for Lambda Proxy Integration
47. Adding Request Validators for Query String and Headers
48. POST Request Example - Creating Lambda Function
49. POST Request Example - Creating the API Endpoint
50. Body Mapping Templates - Request Mapping with Velocity Language
51. Body Mapping Templates - Apache VTL (Velocity Template Language) Syntax
52. Body Mapping Templates - Response Mapping with Velocity Language
53. Testing the API with Postman
54. CORS and OPTIONS Preflight Requests Configuration
55. API Gateway Models and JSON Schemas
56. Using Models for Request Body Validation
57. Using Models for Body Mapping
58. Using Gateway Responses for Error Handling
59. API Gateway Post Deploy Options, Logging and Monitoring
60. Client SDK Generation
61. Exporting Swagger Files
62. Creating API Documentation
63. Creating API Keys and Usage Plans in API Gateway
64. Passing API Keys with API Gateway Requests
65. API Gateway Pricing
66. Serverless Foundation - Amazon DynamoDB
67. Amazon DynamoDB - Section Overview
68. What is DynamoDB
69. Terminology Comparison with SQL
70. Data Types in DynamoDB
71. DynamoDB Consistency Model
72. Overview of DynamoDB Capacity Units
73. Calculating Read and Write Capacity Units
74. Basics of DynamoDB Partitions
75. Basics of DynamoDB Indexes
76. Local Secondary Indexes
77. Global Secondary Indexes
78. Overview of Your First DynamoDB Table
79. Hands on Demo: Creating the DynamoDB Table
80. Hands on Demo: Performing Write Operations with AWS Console
81. Hands on Demo: Performing Read Operations with AWS Console
82. Additional Features in DynamoDB Console
83. Hands on Demo: Working with DynamoDB with AWS SDK – Getting Ready
84. Hands on Demo: Listing and Describing Tables using AWS SDK
85. Hands on Demo: Creating, Updating and Deleting Tables using AWS SDK
86. Overview of Item Level Operations with AWS SDK
87. Hands on Demo: Performing Write Operations using AWS SDK
88. Hands on Demo: Conditional Writes in DynamoDB
89. Hands on Demo: Performing Read Operations using AWS SDK
90. Hands on Demo: Paginated Reads in DynamoDB
91. Hands on Demo: Performing Paginated Reads with AWS SDK
92. Serverless Deep Dive - AWS Lambda, API Gateway and DynamoDB
93. Lambda Versions
94. The Need for Lambda Aliases
95. Lambda Aliases
96. Challenges with using Lambda Aliases
97. Stage Variables in API Gateway
98. Traffic Shifting between Lambda Versions using Aliases
99. Canary Deployments in API Gateway
100. Using Environment Variables in Lambda
101. Creating the KMS Encryption Keys
102. Encrypting Environment Variables using KMS
103. Running Lambda inside the VPC
104. Overview of Retry Behavior and DLQs in AWS Lambda
105. Error Retries and DLQs in Action
106. Setting up Lambda Dead Letter Queue using SQS
107. Testing Retry Behavior and DLQs in AWS Lambda
108. Container Reuse
109. Cold Starts in AWS Lambda
110. Dynamic Lambda Handlers
111. API Gateway Access Control Options (API Keys, Client Certificates, CORS)
112. Controlling API Gateway Access using CORS
113. Controlling API Gateway Access with Resource Policies
114. Controlling Access with Standard IAM Roles and Policies
115. Interactions between Resource Policies and IAM Policies
116. Creating Lambda Authorizers for API Gateway Access Control
117. Lambda Authorizers – Validating Authorization Tokens
118. Adding Lambda Authorizers to API Gateway Methods
119. Using Lambda Authorizer Context Object for Body Mapping in API Gateway
120. Creating AWS Cognito User Pools for API Gateway Authorization
121. Generating Auth Tokens with Cognito User Pools
122. Creating Cognito Authorizer in API Gateway
123. DynamoDB Streams and AWS Lambda Triggers
124. Serverless Deep Dive - AWS Step Functions
125. Fundamentals of AWS Step Functions
126. Creating your first State Machine using Amazon States Language (ASL)
127. Wait State in Step Functions
128. Task State in Step Functions
129. Input Processing and Filtering in State Machines
130. Output Processing and Filtering in State Machines
131. Other State Types in Step Functions (Fail, Succeed, Choice, and Parallel States)
132. Error Handling in Step Functions with Retry and Catch
133. Invoking State Machine with API Gateway
134. Invoking State Machine with CloudWatch
135. Invoking State Machine using AWS SDK
136. Step Functions Project – Build Image Processing Workflow with Step Functions
137. Image Processing Demo – Defining Branching Logic with Parallel State
138. Image Processing Demo – Defining S3 Trigger to Invoke State Machine
139. Image Processing Demo – Writing Backend Lambda functions
140. Image Processing Demo – Creating Image Resizer function
141. Image Processing Demo – Writing Metadata to DynamoDB
142. Image Processing Demo – Deleting Processed File
143. Image Processing Demo – Finishing the State Machine with Error Handling
144. Image Processing Demo – Finishing the State Machine with Error Handling (Contd.)
145. Image Processing Demo – Testing the State Machine Workflow
146. Accelerating Serverless Development with AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model)
147. What is AWS SAM?
148. Development with SAM - Creating Lambda Functions
149. Creating Your First SAM Template
150. Packaging and Deploying with SAM Template and CloudFormation
151. Testing the Deployed SAM Stack
152. Setting up the AWS SAM CLI
153. Configuring the Firewall for Docker on Windows
154. Creating a Boilerplate Serverless Project with AWS SAM CLI
155. Running Lambda Functions Locally with AWS SAM CLI
156. Running Lambda Functions Locally from within our Application Code
157. Generating Sample Lambda Event Payloads with SAM CLI
158. Running API Gateway Locally with AWS SAM CLI
159. AWS SAM Project - Building Serverless REST API with AWS SAM
160. Serverless REST API with AWS SAM - Finish the Lambda Code
161. Serverless REST API with AWS SAM - Writing the SAM Template
162. Serverless REST API with AWS SAM - Validating the SAM Template
163. Serverless REST API with AWS SAM - Packaging and Deploying with SAM CLI
164. Serverless REST API with AWS SAM - Testing and Updating Your SAM Application
165. Accessing Lambda Function Logs with AWS SAM
166. Accelerating Serverless Development with the Serverless Framework
167. What is the Serverless Framework?
168. Installing and Configuring the Serverless Framework
169. Creating Your First Serverless Application with the Serverless Framework
170. Testing the Lambda Functions Locally with the Serverless Framework
171. Deploying with the Serverless Framework
172. Removing a Deployed Stack using the Serverless Framework
173. Creating APIs using the Serverless Framework
174. Redeploying Single Lambda Function with the Serverless Framework
175. Configuring Global Properties with the Serverless Framework
176. VPC Configuration for Lambda Functions using the Serverless Framework
177. Serverless Plugins – Running API Gateway Locally using the Serverless Framework
178. Accessing CloudWatch Logs using the Serverless Framework
179. Lambda Integration and Body Mapping Templates using the Serverless Framework
180. Lambda Integration and Body Mapping Templates using the Serverless F/W (Contd.)
181. Testing the API Gateway Mappings
182. Automating Serverless Deployment with AWS CI/CD Tools
183. Using AWS CodeCommit for Source Control
184. Setting up a Local Git Repository
185. Using AWS CodeCommit for Source Control
186. Merging Git Branches and Pushing Updates to CodeCommit
187. Using AWS CodeBuild for Continuous Integration of Serverless Projects
188. Changes to the Serverless Framework Deployment Process
189. Defining the CodeBuild Build Specification File (buildspec.yml)
190. AWS CodeBuild in Action
191. Using AWS CodePipeline for Continuous Delivery of Serverless Projects
192. Adding Manual Approval before Production Deployment with AWS CodePipeline
193. Automated Production Deployment with AWS CodePipeline in Action
194. Testing the Production Deployment
195. AWS Serverless Architecture and Serverless Best Practices
196. Section Overview
197. AWS Lambda Best Practices
198. Amazon API Gateway Best Practices
199. Amazon DynamoDB Best Practices
200. Best Practices for AWS Step Functions

In this course, we will learn almost all the AWS Serverless Services with all aspects. We are going to build serverless applications with using

• AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Cognito, Amazon S3, Amazon SNS, Amazon SQS, Amazon EventBridge, AWS Step Functions, DynamoDB and Kinesis Streams

• AWS Serverless Deployment Frameworks - IaC - Infrastructure as Code tools;

  • CloudFormation

  • AWS CDK

This course will be 100% hands-on, and you will be developing a real-world application with hands-on labs together and step by step, you can find main and sub topics;

Basics - Serverless Compute, APIs and Data Persistences

• AWS Lambda - Serverless, Event-driven Compute Service

• Amazon API Gateway - API-Driven Development for Synchronous Event Sources

• Amazon DynamoDB -  Data persistence with NoSQL Serverless Database

Authentication

• Amazon Cognito - Authentication and Authorization in Serverless

Storing & Hosting

• Amazon S3 - for Cloud Object Storage in order to store any type of data or deploy our web applications.

AWS Lambda Event-Driven Architectures and Invocation Types

• AWS Lambda Best Practices and Event-driven Architecture

• AWS Lambda - Asynchronous invocation

• AWS Lambda - Lambda event source mappings

Application Integrations Services; Asynchronous Event Sources - Event-based Architectures

• Amazon SNS  - Fully managed pub/sub messaging

• Amazon SQS - Fully managed message queues - Message Queues for cross-service communication using (AWS SQS)

• Amazon EventBridge - Decouple microservices with event-driven approaches

Application Orchestration Services

• AWS Step Functions - orchestrate microservices into serverless workflows.

SAGA Pattern and apply SAGA pattern with different approaches;

• Choreography-based SAGA with using Amazon EventBridge - which means Decouple microservices with events

• Orchestration-based SAGA with using AWS Step Functions - which means Decouple microservices with orchestration way

Streams and Polling Event Source mapping

• Amazon DynamoDB streams

• Amazon Kinesis Data streams

Serverless Deployment Frameworks - Cloud stack development with IaC

• CloudFormation -- Speed up cloud provisioning with infrastructure as code

• AWS CDK -- AWS Serverless Deployments IaC with AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit)

Real-world Hands-on Labs:

We will develop almost 20 hands-on labs during the course. If we look at the some of the important hands-on labs of our course;

• Hands-on Lab: Single Calculator Microservice Expose https methods with Lambda Function Url

• Hands-on Lab: Build Serverless Chat App with a WebSocket API and Lambda

• Hands-on Lab: Building RESTful Microservices with AWS Lambda, API Gateway and DynamoDB

• Hands-on Lab: Secure your API Gateway with Amazon Cognito User Pools

• Hands-on Lab: Using an Amazon S3 trigger to invoke a Lambda function and persist on DynamoDB

• Hands-on Lab: Fan-Out Serverless Architectures Using SNS, SQS and Lambda

• Hands-on Lab: Process DynamoDB or Kinesis Streams using AWS Lambda for Change Data Capture of DynamoDB Tables

• Hands-on Lab: AWS Serverless Microservices for Ecommerce Application using Amazon EventBridge

• Hands-on Lab: Saga Pattern for Orchestrate Distributed Transactions using AWS Step Functions

Way of Learning:

This course is %100 hand-on course and include lots of development activities, that means we will develop codes for almost all AWS services and interactions.

For each AWS serverless services we will have 4 main part;

1. Theorical Information

   1. AWS Service overview, core concepts, features, uses cases and general information

2. Walkthrough with AWS Management Console

   1. AWS Service Walkthrough with AWS Management Console performs main use cases

3. Developing with AWS SDK

   1. AWS Service Programmatic Access interaction with Serverless APIs using AWS SDK or CLI

4. Hands-on Labs with Real-World Use Cases

   1. AWS Service Hands-on Labs implementation with Real-World Use Cases

These are 4 main topics that we are going to handle almost all AWS Serverless services. By this way we can cover for all aspects of any particular AWS services.

In the course structure, when we finished any AWS Serverless services, we have at least 1 hands-on lab for particular AWS services. For example if we finished Amazon SQS sections and understand the service, we will have several hands-on labs like Fan-out pattern implementations with Amazon SNS, or decouple microservices with Amazon EventBridge and so on. These will mostly includes combination of other AWS services that represents real-word applications.

And also in the last sections, we will see how we can do Cloud stack development - IaC with Serverless Deployment Frameworks for any particular AWS Serverless services. Develop infrastructure for all AWS services and perform interactions with coding interactions.

AWS Developer and AWS Solution Architecture Jobs

This course prepares to you real AWS Developer and AWS Solution Architecture jobs, which's offers to you 3 figure salaries.

Because we are going to develop a Real-world Serverless application which is already used and developed by lots of companies in the world.

Prepare your AWS Certification with Practical Way

• AWS Certified Developer Associate

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Don't memorize all topics, feel and develop by hands-on, dirty your hands by this way you can achieve to onboard your target AWS jobs. This course will help you to prepare AWS Developer and Solutions Architect Associate certifications both theoretical and mostly practical way with developing Serverless applications.

By the end of this course, you'll learn how to design and developing AWS Serverless services with real-world hands-on project following the best practices.

You don't need any prior knowledge before the course I will explain both theoretical information and practical developments.

This course is Developer Guide so that means; the course will be includes %100 of hands-on development activities, mostly we will develop lambda functions with different use cases and integrations. All course steps will be developed step by step and together.

1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. Hands-on Labs with Real-World Use Cases
4. Serverless Explanained : AWS Operational Responsibility Model
5. AWS Serverless Services and Way of Learning
6. AWS Cost Management During the Course
7. Project Code & Course Slides
8. Project Code & Course Slides
9. Project Code Structure
10. How to follow the Course
11. Create AWS Account - Free Tier
12. Create Free Tier AWS Account
13. Security Best Practices of AWS Accounts
14. Create IAM User Account and Configure for Programmatic and Console Access
15. AWS Access Types - Programmatic and Management Console Access
16. AWS Lambda - Serverless, Event-driven Compute Service
17. What is AWS Lambda?
18. How does AWS Lambda work?
19. AWS Lambda Main Features
20. AWS Lambda Event Sources and Destination Trigger Services
21. AWS Lambda Invocation Types
22. AWS Lambda Function Code
23. AWS Lambda Execution Environment
24. Configuring AWS Lambda Functions
25. Concurrency on AWS Lambda - Reserved and Provisioned Concurrency
26. AWS Lambda Permissions; Execution Role and Resource-based Policies
27. AWS Lambda Quiz
28. AWS Lambda - Walkthrough with AWS Management Console
29. Getting Started with AWS Lambda and How Lambda Works
30. Create our First AWS Lambda Function with AWS Management Console
31. Test AWS Lambda Function with AWS Management Console
32. Configurations of AWS Lambda Function with AWS Management Console
33. Logs of AWS Lambda Function with AWS Management Console
34. Change AWS Lambda Function Code on AWS Management Console
35. Create AWS Lambda Function with No-BluePrint with AWS Management Console
36. Upload zip file for Lambda Function with AWS Management Console
37. Clean up Resources
38. Prerequisites and Tools for developing Serverless Applications on AWS
39. Introduction - Prerequisites and Tools
40. Prerequisites 1 - AWS Account and User
41. Prerequisites 2 - AWS CLI
42. Quick Setup of AWS CLI
43. Prerequisites 3 - NodeJS
44. Check our Installations
45. Prerequisites 4 - Visual Studio Code
46. Prerequisites 5 - Postman
47. AWS Lambda - Developing with AWS CLI - Programmatic Access w/ Serverless APIs
48. Introduction - AWS Lambda - Developing with AWS CLI - Programmatic Access
49. Course Folder Structure and Create Project Directory
50. Using AWS Lambda with the AWS CLI
51. Invoking Lambda functions with the AWS CLI
52. Invoking Lambda functions with passing event.json file using AWS CLI
53. Create AWS Lambda functions with AWS CLI
54. Create Execution Role for Lambda functions with AWS CLI
55. Develop AWS Lambda function handler in Node.js
56. Deploy Node.js Lambda Functions with .zip File Archives
57. Create AWS Lambda function with .zip file using AWS CLI
58. Invoking Lambda functions with passing event.json file using AWS CLI
59. AWS Lambda CloudWatch Logs using AWS CLI
60. Update AWS Lambda Function Code using AWS CLI
61. Update AWS Lambda Function with Additional Dependencies using AWS CLI
62. AWS Lambda Context Object in Node.js Function
63. AWS Lambda Function Logging in Node.js Example
64. AWS Lambda Function Errors in Node.js Example
65. Using AWS Lambda Environment Variables
66. Clean up Resources - Delete AWS Lambda Functions
67. AWS Lambda - Working with Events
68. AWS Lambda Best Practices and Event-driven Architecture
69. Understanding How Lambda Trigger with Event Json Object
70. Understanding How Lambda Trigger with Event JSON Object Part 2
71. Hands-on Lab: Greeting Project
72. Hands-on Lab: Calculator Project
73. AWS Lambda Trigger Events and Test Templates
74. AWS Lambda Invocation Types
75. AWS Lambda Asynchronous Invocation using AWS CLI
76. AWS Lambda Function URLs: Built-in HTTPS urls for Single-Function Microservice
77. AWS Lambda Function URLs: Built-in HTTPS urls for Single-Function Microservice
78. Using AWS Lambda as a Microservice
79. Creating and Managing AWS Lambda Function URLs w/ Console
80. Reviewing and Invoking AWS Lambda Function URLs w/ Console
81. Understand Incoming Event When Invoking AWS Lambda Function URLs
82. Update Function Code for Incoming Event When Invoking AWS Lambda Function URLs
83. Hands-on Lab: Single Calculator Microservice Expose https methods with Lambda
84. When to use Function URLs vs. Amazon API Gateway
85. Amazon API Gateway - API-Driven Development for Synchronous Event Sources
86. Introduction - API Gateway Restful API Development with Synchronous Lambda Event
87. What is Amazon API Gateway?
88. Architecture of API Gateway
89. Main Features of API Gateway
90. Amazon API Gateway Use Cases
91. API Gateway as a Lambda Synchronous Event Sources
92. Amazon API Gateway Core Concepts
93. Amazon API Gateway -Differences between REST - HTTP API
94. API Gateway - HTTP API - Walkthrough with AWS Management Console
95. Introduction - API Gateway - HTTP API - Walkthrough with AWS Management Console
96. API Gateway - HTTP API - Core Concepts; Routes
97. API Gateway - HTTP API - Core Concepts; Integrations
98. API Gateway - HTTP API - Core Concepts; Stages
99. Getting Started with API Gateway - HTTP APIs
100. Hands-on Lab: Build CRUD Microservice with HTTP API and Lambda
101. Hands-on Lab: Build CRUD Microservice - Create HTTP API
102. Understanding How HTTP API Trigger Lambda with Event Json Object
103. Develop Lambda Function for Incoming HTTP API Event Json Object
104. E2E Test HTTP API and Lambda Function with Incoming HTTP API Event Json Object
105. Clear Resources
106. API Gateway - REST API - Walkthrough with AWS Management Console
107. Introduction - API Gateway - REST API - Walkthrough with AWS Management Console
108. API Gateway - REST API - Core Concepts; Resources, Methods, Stages, Authorizers
109. Getting Started with API Gateway - REST APIs
110. Enable Request validation in API Gateway - REST API
111. Hands-on Lab: Build CRUD Microservice with REST API and Lambda
112. Hands-on Lab: Build CRUD Microservice - Create REST API
113. Understanding How REST API Trigger Lambda with Event Json Object
114. Develop Lambda Function for Incoming REST API Event Json Object
115. E2E Test REST API and Lambda Function with Incoming REST API Event Json Object
116. Alternative Way to Create a REST API from AWS Lambda Function
117. Clear Resources
118. API Gateway - WebSocket API - Walkthrough with AWS Management Console
119. Introduction - API Gateway - WebSocket API - Walkthrough with AWS Console
120. API Gateway - WebSocket API - Core Concepts; Routes, Integrations, Stages
121. Getting started with API Gateway - WebSocket APIs
122. Hands-on Lab: Build Serverless Chat App with a WebSocket API and Lambda
123. Hands-on Lab: Build Serverless Chat App - Create WebSocket API
124. Understanding How WebSocket API Trigger Lambda with Event Json Object
125. Develop Lambda Function for Incoming WebSocket API Event Json Object
126. E2E Test WebSocket API and Lambda Function with Incoming WebSocket API Event obj
127. Clear Resources
128. Amazon DynamoDB - Serverless NoSQL Data Persistence
129. What Is Amazon DynamoDB?
130. AWS DynamoDB Core Concepts - Tables, Items, Attributes, Indexes
131. AWS DynamoDB Primary Key, Partition Key and Sort Key
132. Amazon DynamoDB Partitions and Data Distribution with Partition Key and Sort Key
133. Amazon DynamoDB Read Consistency, CAP Theorem and Eventual Consistency
134. Amazon DynamoDB Read and Write Capacity Mode
135. Amazon DynamoDB API References
136. Amazon DynamoDB PartiQL - A SQL-Compatible Query Language for DynamoDB
137. Accessing DynamoDB with Different Ways
138. Amazon DynamoDB - Walkthrough with AWS Management Console
139. Introduction - Amazon DynamoDB Walkthrough with AWS Management Console
140. Create our First Amazon DynamoDB Table with AWS Management Console
141. Write an Item into Amazon DynamoDB Table with AWS Management Console
142. Read Data - Scan Command - from Amazon DynamoDB Table with AWS Console
143. Read Data - Query Command - from Amazon DynamoDB Table with AWS Console
144. Update Data from Amazon DynamoDB Table with AWS Management Console
145. Create a Global Secondary Index on Amazon DynamoDB Table with AWS Console
146. Query the Global Secondary Index on Amazon DynamoDB Table with AWS Console
147. Query Data using PartiQL Editor from Amazon DynamoDB Table with AWS Console
148. Clear Resources
149. Amazon DynamoDB Walkthrough with AWS CLI
150. Introduction - Amazon DynamoDB Walkthrough with AWS CLI
151. Create DynamoDB Table with AWS CLI
152. Write Data into DynamoDB Table with AWS CLI
153. Read Data into DynamoDB Table with AWS CLI
154. Update Data into DynamoDB Table with AWS CLI
155. Query Data into DynamoDB Table with AWS CLI
156. PartiQL CRUD Operations into DynamoDB Table with AWS CLI
157. Clear Resources
158. Hands-on Lab: Build RESTful Microservices with AWS Lambda, Api Gateway, DynamoDB
159. Intoductuction - RESTful Microservices with AWS Lambda, Api Gateway and DynamoDb
160. Create a DynamoDB Table
161. Create a Lambda Function
162. Create an API Gateway
163. Test - RESTful Microservices with AWS Lambda, Api Gateway and DynamoDb
164. AWS Console microservice-http-endpoint Lambda Blueprint - Api Gw + Lambda + DB
165. Resource Cleanup
166. NodeJS Basics - Recap NodeJS
167. Why we need to know NodeJS Basics ? Skip or Continue ?
168. NodeJS Basics and Installment
169. Running Node Command
170. Run NodeJS Functions
171. Passing Arguments to NodeJS Functions
172. NodeJS Modules
173. NPM - Node Package Manager and Use npm packages into NodeJS
174. AWS SDK for JavaScript - Developer Guide for SDK Version 3
175. What is AWS SDK ?
176. AWS SDK for JavaScript Version 3 and using SDK with Node.js
177. What's new in AWS SDK for JavaScript Version 3 and Cold Start Benefit
178. Important - ECMAScript 6 (ES6) Requirements
179. Using Node.js ES modules and top-level await in AWS Lambda
180. Amazon DynamoDB - Developing with AWS SDK- Programmatic Access w/ Serverless API
181. Introduction - Amazon DynamoDB SDK Examples
182. Understanding DynamoDb Interactions - Working with Items and Attributes
183. Create NodeJS Project with DynamoDB SDK Packages
184. Create DynamoDBClient NodeJS Module For Connecting DynamoDB
185. Creating a DynamoDB Table
186. Listing DynamoDB Tables
187. Describing DynamoDB Table
188. Deleting DynamoDB Tables
189. Reading and writing a Single item in DynamoDB Table
190. Writing an Item into DynamoDB Table
191. Update an Item into DynamoDB Table
192. Getting an Item into DynamoDB Table
193. Deleting an Item into DynamoDB Table
194. Writing Items in Batch into DynamoDB Table
195. Reading Items in Batch into DynamoDB Table
196. Querying and Scanning a DynamoDB table
197. Querying a DynamoDB Table
198. Scanning a DynamoDB table
199. PartiQL CRUD Operations into DynamoDB Table with AWS SDK
200. Add an item into DynamoDB Table using PartiQL

AWS Lambda and Python (Full Course) – Beginner to Advanced

Welcome to the most comprehensive AWS Lambda, Python(Boto3) and Serverless Course on Udemy from an instructor with actual enterprise hands-on implementation experience migrating more than 1000+ workloads for Fortune 100 companies.

This is a course for AWS Lambda Beginners and Intermediates planning to gain expertise in using designing and implementing AWS Serverless solutions and writing Lambda functions using Python(Boto3) with no previous coding experience or experience in a different programming language.

It starts from absolute basics on Python and AWS Serverless Services and then builds on that to write Lambda functions to create AWS Resources and finally culminating in developing advanced three real-world enterprise use case.

(Note : If you are an advanced user of AWS Lambda and Serverless, please review the course content to determine suitability as this course will start from absolute basics and then gradually cover advanced use cases)

1. The first  project is a common banking and retail industry use-case where the bank gets a regular feed through a json file which triggers the lambda function via a S3 event notification, the Lambda functions then reads the data in the json file and inserts the data into DynamoDB.

2. The Second project focuses on Serverless Use Case - API Gateway, AWS Lambda, S3, Lambda Authorizer, API Keys, Usage Plans

3. Security -  Secure your API's by implementing Lambda Authorizers and Cognito Authorizers

4. Implementing Serverless Use Case - API Gateway, AWS Lambda and S3 (above use case) using AWS CDK v2 (Infrastructure as Code)

5. Implementing Serverless Use Case - API Gateway, AWS Lambda and S3 (above use case) using AWS CloudFormation (Infrastructure as Code)

6. The third  project focuses on Monitor & increase free storage for FCI Cluster using AWS Microsoft AD, FSx, EC2, SNS, CloudWatch, Lambda

7. Provides basic overview of Python  to be able to write the Lambda functions

8. Discusses  indepth concepts related to AWS Lambda to help in design and implementation of Serverless solutions.

9. Discusses detailed overview of API Gateway and related concepts

10. Lambda Automation Scenario - AWS Lambda, EC2 and AWS EventBridge

11. 100% Hands On learning based on Real World Implementation Scenarios.

Section 1 :  Introduction

• Course Outline

Section 2 : AWS Lambda – Basic Concepts (Part 1)

• Evolution from Physical Servers to AWS Lambda

• What is AWS Lambda and Use Cases

• Lambda Console Walkthrough

• Lambda Execution Role

• AWS Lambda Limits - Timeout

Section 3 : AWS Lambda - Python Basics

• Python Basics – 1 (Print Function, Variables, Format, User Input, Data Types Intro, Data Type – Dictionary Deep Dive)

• Python Basics – 2 (Data Type – List and Functions, How to retrieve elemements from a Dictionary and List)

Section 4 : AWS Lambda – Create S3, EC2 and DynamoDB resources using Lambda

• AWS Lambda Basics – Boto3, Client and Resource, Lambda function handler

• AWS Lambda with S3 (Create new Bucket, Delete Bucket and List all the buckets)

• AWS Lambda with EC2 (Create EC2 and Start/Stop)

• Lambda Automation Scenario - lambda, EC2 and EventBridge

• AWS Lambda with DynamoDB (Create Table and Put Items)

Section 5  : AWS Lambda – Basic Concepts (Part 2)

• AWS Lambda Invocation Models

• AWS Lambda Limits - Memory

Part 6 : Serverless Project 1 - Enterprise Use Case using S3, AWS Lambda and DynamoDB

• Enterprise Use Case using S3, AWS Lambda and DynamoDB – Part 1

• Enterprise World Use Case using S3, AWS Lambda and DynamoDB – Part 2

Part 7 : API Gateway Overview

• API Gateway - Overview, API Types , API Endpoint Types

• API Gateway - Resources, Methods and Integration Types

• API Gateway - Deployment, API Stages,  API Keys and Usage Plans

• API Gateway - Authentication and Authorization Methods

• API Gateway - Private API's and Private Integration

Part 8 : Serverless  Project 2 - Enterprise Use Case using API Gateway, AWS Lambda and S3

• Enterprise Use Case using API Gateway,  AWS Lambda and S3 – Architecture - Part 1

• Enterprise Use Case using API Gateway,  AWS Lambda and S3 – Part 2

• Enterprise Use Case using API Gateway,  AWS Lambda and S3 – Part 3

• API Keys and Usage Plan - Theory and Hands On

• Securing API's using AWS Lambda Authorizers - Theory and Hands On

• Securing API's using AWS Cognito Authorizers - Theory and Hands On

Section 9 : AWS Lambda – Advanced Concepts

• Lambda - VPC Networking Configuration

• Lambda - Environment Variables

• Lambda Versions

• Lambda Aliases

• Lambda Monitoring - CloudWatch Metrics

• Lambda Monitoring - CloudWatch Logs

Part 10 :  AWS CDK v2 (Infrastructure as Code) :  Implementing Serverless Use Case using Cloud Development Kit ( CDK )v2 - API Gateway, IAM Role, Lambda and S3

• AWS CDK  - Introduction - Implementing Serveless Use Case 2

• AWS CDK  -  Pre-requisites

• AWS CDK  -  Create S3 bucket  using AWS CDK v2

• AWS CDK  -  Create IAM Role  using AWS CDK v2

• AWS CDK  -  Create Lambda using AWS CDK v2

• AWS CDK  -  Create API Gateway using AWS CDK v2

  
  

Part 11 : AWS CloudFormation : Implementing Serverless Use Case from using CloudFormation  - API Gateway, AWS Lambda and S3

• Architecture

• AWS S3 Bucket

• AWS Lambda Execution Role

• AWS Lamba

• AWS API Gateway - REST API, Resources

• AWS API Gateway - REST Method and Deployment

• Lambda Invoke Permission

• End-to End Demo

Part 12 : Project 3-Monitor & increase free storage for FCI Cluster using MS AD, FSx, EC2, SNS, CloudWatch, Lambda

• Monitor and increase free storage for FCI Cluster – Architecture Discussion for use case

• Monitor and increase free storage for FCI Cluster – Create AWS Managed AD, FSx, SNS, CloudWatch Alarm

• Monitor and increase free storage for FCI Cluster – Write AWS Lambda function

• Use case 3 - Monitor and increase free storage for FCI Cluster – Run the end to end demo

  
  

HandsOn AWS Services Covered in the Course :

1. Python Basics used in AWS Lambda

2. AWS Lambda

3. EC2

4. S3

5. DynamoDB

6. API Gateway

7. AWS MS AD

8. FSx

9. SNS

10. CloudWatch

11. CloudWatch Alarm

12. Infrastructure as Code -AWS CDK v2

13. Lambda Authorizer

14. Cognito Authorizers

15. AWS EventBridge

16. Infrastructure as Code - AWS CloudFormation

Comes with 30 day money back guarantee from Udemy if you donot like the course.

1. Course Outline
2. Must Watch - Course Introduction and Download Content Slides
3. Course Pre-Requisites
4. AWS Lambda - Basic Concepts (Part 1)
5. AWS Lambda - Basic Concepts- Part 1- Section Overview
6. Evolution from Physical Servers to AWS Lambda
7. What is AWS Lambda and Use Cases
8. Lambda Console Walkthrough
9. Lambda Execution Role
10. AWS Lambda - Conceptual Understanding Review
11. Optional Section - Python Basics Refresher
12. Python Basics_Refresher_Part 1
13. Python Basics_Refresher_Part 2
14. Create S3, EC2 and DynamoDB using Lambda Python SDK Boto3
15. Section Overview
16. AWS Lambda Basics – Boto3, Client and Resource, Lambda function handler
17. Create S3 Bucket with AWS Lambda and Boto3
18. Delete S3 Bucket with AWS Lambda and Boto3
19. List S3 Bucket with AWS Lambda and Boto3
20. AWS Lambda with EC2 (Create EC2, Start EC2 and Stop EC2)
21. AWS Lambda Automation Use Case Scenario - EC2, Lambda and EventBridge
22. AWS Lambda with DynamoDB (Create DynamoDB Table and Put Items)
23. AWS Lambda - Basic Concepts (Part 2)
24. AWS Lambda - Basic Concepts- Part 2- Section Overview
25. AWS Lambda Invocation Model - Theory
26. AWS Lambda Invocation Model - HandsOn
27. Lambda Limits - Timeout
28. Serverless Use Case 1 - using S3, AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
29. Enterprise Use Case using S3, AWS Lambda and DynamoDB – Part 1
30. Enterprise Use Case using S3, AWS Lambda and DynamoDB – Part 2
31. AWS API Gateway - Overview
32. API Gateway - Overview, API Types , API Endpoint Types
33. API Gateway - Resources, Methods and Integration Types
34. API Gateway - Deployment, API Stages, API Keys and Usage Plans
35. API Gateway - Authentication and Authorization Methods
36. API Gateway - Private API's and Private Integration
37. Serverless Use Case 2-API GW, Lambda, S3, API Keys, Lambda and Cognito Authorize
38. Serverless Enterprise Use Case 2 - Architecture (API Gateway, AWS Lambda and S3)
39. S3, Lambda and API Gateway - Part 1
40. S3, Lambda and API Gateway with Query String Parameters - Part 2
41. API Keys and Usage Plan - Theory
42. API Keys and Usage Plan - HandsOn
43. Securing API's using AWS Lambda Authorizer - Theory
44. Securing API's using AWS Lambda Authorizer - Handson
45. Securing API's using AWS Cognito Authorizer - Theory
46. Securing API's using AWS Cognito Authorizer - Hands On
47. AWS Lambda - Advanced Concepts
48. AWS Lambda - Advanced Concepts - Section Overview
49. Lambda Execution and Concurrency
50. Lambda - Reserved and Provisioned Concurrency
51. Lambda Limits - Memory
52. Lambda - VPC Networking Configuration
53. Lambda - VPC Networking Configuration- HandsOn
54. Lambda Monitoring - CloudWatch Metrics
55. Lambda Monitoring - CloudWatch Metrics - HandsOn
56. Lambda Monitoring - CloudWatch Logs
57. Lambda Monitoring - CloudWatch Logs - HandsOn
58. Lambda Versions
59. Lambda Aliases
60. Lambda - Environment Variables
61. AWS Cloud Development Kit V2-API GW, Lambda,S3 (From my Udemy Course on AWS CDK)
62. (Optional Lecture) Introduction to AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
63. AWS CDK v2 - Pre-requisites
64. Implementing Serveless Use Case 2 using AWS CDK v2
65. AWS CDK - Create S3 bucket using AWS CDK v2
66. AWS CDK - Create IAM Role using AWS CDK v2
67. AWS CDK - Create Lambda using AWS CDK v2
68. AWS CDK - Create API Gateway using AWS CDK v2
69. AWS CloudFormation- API GW, Lambda, S3- (From my Udemy Course on CloudFormation)
70. Optional - AWS CloudFormation Basics
71. AWS CloudFormation - Serverless Architecture - API Gateway, AWS Lambda and S3
72. AWS CloudFormation - S3 Bucket
73. AWS CloudFormation - Lambda Execution Role
74. AWS CloudFormation - AWS Lambda
75. AWS CloudFormation - REST API and API Resources
76. AWS CloudFormation - API Method and API Deployment
77. AWS CloudFormation - Lambda Invoke Permission
78. AWS CloudFormation - End to End Demo
79. AWS CloudFormation - End to End with Parameters Section
80. AWS CloudFormation - End to End with Metadata and Parameters Section
81. Use Case 3 - using AWS Managed AD, FSx, CloudWatch, SNS, Lambda, EC2
82. Lecture 10 : Monitor & increase free storage for SQL FCI Cluster - Architecture
83. Lecture 11 - Create AWS Managed AD, FSx, SNS and CloudWatch Alarm Services
84. Lecture 12 - AWS Lambda Function to increase the free storage for FCI Cluster
85. Lecture 13 - Increase free storage for FCI Cluster - End to end Implementation
86. Optional Section - Python Basics - Detailed Refresher
87. Python Basics - Section Overview
88. Python Basics – 1 : PyCharm, Print Function, Variables, Format, User Input
89. Python Basics – 2 : Data Types Intro, For Loops and Data Type – Dictionary
90. Python Basics – 3 : Data Type – List and Functions

Are you a .NET Developer looking to get started with AWS Lambda?

AWS Lambda is Amazon’s answer to serverless compute services. It allows running code with zero administration of the infrastructure that the code is running on.

This course is for you if…

• You are a .NET/C# programmer who is looking to get started with building AWS Lambda Functions.

• You want to build serverless applications on AWS and want to learn about the basic building blocks. I will cover some common AWS services that you will come across when building Lambda functions.

What will you learn in this course?

• Introduction to AWS Lambda and writing your first function in .NET 6.

• Learn how to build, debug, and test AWS Functions.

• A quick introduction to DynamoDB and learn how you can persist data from your AWS Functions.

• Get introduced to Amazon API Gateway and learn to build HTTP APIs powered by AWS Lambda. Explore the latest Lambda Annotations Framework to build HTTP APIs.

• Connect your Lambda Function with other AWS Services and utilize the full power of AWS Infrastructure

• Overview of Lambda Functions Runtime, Execution environment, and the lifecycle of an AWS Lambda Function.

Why learn from me?

My name is Rahul, I’m an experienced programmer and I have been blogging/teaching on the internet for a very long time. I am currently a Microsoft MVP and AWS Community Builder.

If you want to see some of my sample content, you can head over to my YouTube channel or my blog, links to which are there on my public profile.

Does this sound great? Jump in and add AWS Lambda Functions to your tool belt.

1. Welcome, Welcome and Welcome !
2. Introduction
3. Readme
4. Serverless & AWS Lambda
5. Setting Up AWS Account
6. Setting Up Your Development Environment
7. Your First .NET Lambda Function
8. Writing Your First Function, Debugging and Testing
9. Publish and Run on AWS
10. Summary
11. Persisting Data
12. Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
13. Save and Query Data To DynamoDB from .NET
14. Setup AWS Lambda Permissions To Connect To DynamoDB
15. Summary
16. Building API’s with Lambda
17. Introduction to Amazon API Gateway
18. Building a CRUD API
19. Lambda Annotations Framework
20. Summary
21. AWS Services and Lambda Triggers
22. Lambda Triggers
23. Amazon SQS Trigger
24. Amazon SNS Trigger
25. Other Lambda Triggers
26. Summary
27. AWS Lambda Runtimes & Execution Environment
28. Lambda Runtimes & Execution Environment
29. AWS Lambda Lifecycle
30. Summary
31. Conclusion
32. Thank you !!