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Building Serverless Web Applications

You're reading from Building Serverless Web Applications Develop scalable web apps using the Serverless Framework on AWS

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787126473

Length 354 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Serverless

Author (1):

Zanon

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Understanding the Serverless Model

2. Getting Started with AWS FREE CHAPTER

3. Using the Serverless Framework

4. Hosting the Website

5. Building the Frontend

6. Developing the Backend

7. Managing a Serverless Database

8. Securing the Serverless Application

9. Handling Serverless Notifications

10. Testing, Deploying, and Monitoring

Serverless Framework

There are many tools that have been developed to help manage serverless projects. The Serverless Framework is currently the most popular and will be used extensively in this book. This section will help you configure, use, and understand how it will fit in your workflow.

Understanding the Serverless Framework

The Serverless Framework is a powerful Node.js command-line tool, not a cloud service. Its objective is to help developers be more productive by simplifying how they can use and manage cloud resources. It provides a set of commands that will help you quickly start a new project, add functions, endpoints, triggers, configure permissions, and more. In summary, the framework will manage your project...

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Authors (1)

Zanon

Zanon

Diego Zanon is a full-stack developer for both JavaScript and .NET applications. He is passionate about understanding and trying new technologies and frameworks, especially those designed to solve scalability problems. In his free time, he likes to blog and contribute to GitHub and Stack Overflow. Diego is a computer engineer and has worked on a wide range of projects, from industrial systems to e-commerce websites, for customers around the world, including the USA, Brazil, Netherlands, and Germany.

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