AWS Lambda & Serverless Architecture Bootcamp (Build 5 Apps)

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Serverless Computing on AWS

Lecture 1: Course Overview

Lecture 2: What is Serverless? (A 30,000 ft. View)

Lecture 3: How Serverless Works?

Lecture 4: How to Create 'Hello World' API with Serverless

Lecture 5: Dec 2023 Course Update

Lecture 6: How to Create Your First Lambda Function

Lecture 7: How to Integrate AWS Lambda function with API Gateway

Lecture 8: Lambda Function with Node.js 8.10 Runtime

Lecture 9: Serverless Architecture – Key Features, Benefits and Challenges

Lecture 10: Major Players in Serverless Space and Why AWS

Lecture 11: Overview of Core Serverless Services in AWS

Lecture 12: Overview of Additional Serverless Services in AWS

Lecture 13: Use Cases of Serverless Architecture

Lecture 14: Overview of Frameworks and CI/CD Tools for Serverless

Lecture 15: Environment Setup (IAM Admin User, Env Vars)

Lecture 16: Environment Variables Setup on Mac

Lecture 17: Environment Setup (AWS CLI)

Lecture 18: Environment Setup (Node, VS Code, Postman)

Lecture 19: Test the Setup

Lecture 20: My Recommended Approach to Taking this Course

Chapter 2: Serverless Foundation – AWS Lambda

Lecture 1: Quick Overview of AWS Lambda

Lecture 2: Lambda Console Walkthrough

Lecture 3: Lambda Console Walkthrough Continued

Lecture 4: Lambda Permissions Model

Lecture 5: Lambda Handler Syntax in Node.js 6.10 and Node.js 8.10

Lecture 6: Event Object, Invocation Types, Event Sources

Lecture 7: Context Object, its Methods and Properties

Lecture 8: Logging and Error Handling

Lecture 9: Hands on Demo: Passing Parameters via the Event Object

Lecture 10: Hands on Demo: Accessing Path and Query String Parameters from the Event Object

Lecture 11: Hands on Demo: Deploying the Lambda function with ZIP File

Lecture 12: Quick Note on using Lambda Node.js 12.x Runtime

Lecture 13: Hands on Demo: S3 Events Example (Serverless Image Resizing)

Lecture 14: Hands on Demo: Handling S3 Events in Lambda

Lecture 15: Configuring S3 Event Trigger for Lambda function

Lecture 16: Hands on Demo: Deploying Lambda via AWS CLI

Lecture 17: Testing the S3 Event Trigger for Lambda

Lecture 18: AWS Lambda Limits

Lecture 19: AWS Lambda Pricing

Chapter 3: Serverless Foundation – Amazon API Gateway

Lecture 1: Quick Overview of Amazon API Gateway

Lecture 2: Query String and Path Parameters

Lecture 3: Testing the API Endpoint

Lecture 4: CORS Configuration for Lambda Proxy Integration

Lecture 5: Adding Request Validators for Query String and Headers

Lecture 6: POST Request Example – Creating Lambda Function

Lecture 7: POST Request Example – Creating the API Endpoint

Lecture 8: Body Mapping Templates – Request Mapping with Velocity Language

Lecture 9: Body Mapping Templates – Apache VTL (Velocity Template Language) Syntax

Lecture 10: Body Mapping Templates – Response Mapping with Velocity Language

Lecture 11: Testing the API with Postman

Lecture 12: CORS and OPTIONS Preflight Requests Configuration

Lecture 13: API Gateway Models and JSON Schemas

Lecture 14: Using Models for Request Body Validation

Lecture 15: Using Models for Body Mapping

Lecture 16: Using Gateway Responses for Error Handling

Lecture 17: API Gateway Post Deploy Options, Logging and Monitoring

Lecture 18: Client SDK Generation

Lecture 19: Exporting Swagger Files

Lecture 20: Creating API Documentation

Lecture 21: Creating API Keys and Usage Plans in API Gateway

Lecture 22: Passing API Keys with API Gateway Requests

Lecture 23: API Gateway Pricing

Chapter 4: Serverless Foundation – Amazon DynamoDB

Lecture 1: Amazon DynamoDB – Section Overview

Lecture 2: What is DynamoDB

Lecture 3: Terminology Comparison with SQL

Lecture 4: Data Types in DynamoDB

Lecture 5: DynamoDB Consistency Model

Lecture 6: Overview of DynamoDB Capacity Units

Lecture 7: Calculating Read and Write Capacity Units

Lecture 8: Basics of DynamoDB Partitions

Lecture 9: Basics of DynamoDB Indexes

Lecture 10: Local Secondary Indexes

Lecture 11: Global Secondary Indexes

Lecture 12: Overview of Your First DynamoDB Table

Lecture 13: Hands on Demo: Creating the DynamoDB Table

Lecture 14: Hands on Demo: Performing Write Operations with AWS Console

Lecture 15: Hands on Demo: Performing Read Operations with AWS Console

Lecture 16: Additional Features in DynamoDB Console

Lecture 17: Hands on Demo: Working with DynamoDB with AWS SDK – Getting Ready

Lecture 18: Hands on Demo: Listing and Describing Tables using AWS SDK

Lecture 19: Hands on Demo: Creating, Updating and Deleting Tables using AWS SDK

Lecture 20: Overview of Item Level Operations with AWS SDK

Lecture 21: Hands on Demo: Performing Write Operations using AWS SDK

Lecture 22: Hands on Demo: Conditional Writes in DynamoDB

Lecture 23: Hands on Demo: Performing Read Operations using AWS SDK

Lecture 24: Hands on Demo: Paginated Reads in DynamoDB

Lecture 25: Hands on Demo: Performing Paginated Reads with AWS SDK

Chapter 5: Serverless Deep Dive – AWS Lambda, API Gateway and DynamoDB

Lecture 1: Lambda Versions

Lecture 2: The Need for Lambda Aliases

Lecture 3: Lambda Aliases

Lecture 4: Challenges with using Lambda Aliases

Lecture 5: Stage Variables in API Gateway

Lecture 6: Traffic Shifting between Lambda Versions using Aliases

Lecture 7: Canary Deployments in API Gateway

Lecture 8: Using Environment Variables in Lambda