• In this morning's session, we'll explore the different technologies used, process/approach, unsolved problems and some wins and challenges that went along in creating my first serverless app.

Serverless is not really serverless...It is a way of programming that allows developers to run functions on a remote third party server. This method is also known as Function as a Service where you are only billed for the compute time you consume - there is no charge when your code is not running.

As per my research on how to deploy a node.js web app, it seems as if going serverless allows you to not worry about managing and provivisoning your servers which will save a lot of time in the end!

Official Lambda Site https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/

Pricing https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/

• Advantages

  • Pros

    • no need to update operating systems of servers
    • no need to scale and provision servers
    • monitor servers for performance and availablity

  • Cons

    • you have to give up your secret keys and credentials in order for Lambda to listen to your resources.

  • this is needed so lambda can grab pictures on S3 and run functions on your behalf

    • new technology so potential for bugs

  • installs alot of packages

Created a simple api endpoint that returns a success message in JSON format.

• Node.js

• AWS account

• Terminal

• Watch this video to set up your first serverless app https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71cd5XerKss&t=218s

• Visit the Serverless framework github repo for more resources https://github.com/serverless/serverless

• How to set up AWS credentials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSd9uYj2LJA

• AWS credentials GUI to keep you signed in https://github.com/DavidWells/aws-profile-manager

Setting up MERN Stack on AWS EC2 by Keith Weaver

• Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKIIL743Gjo

• Medium https://medium.com/@Keithweaver_/setting-up-mern-stack-on-aws-ec2-6dc599be4737

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