Serverless Applications: Debugging & Monitoring AWS Serverless Implementations

Serverless Applications: Debugging & Monitoring AWS Serverless Implementations

• discover the key concepts covered in this course
• list and describe the various application testing mechanisms
• describe the concept of API testing, its benefits, and the various types of API testing conducted to provide bug-free APIs
• describe the cloud approach to software testing and name the various test types performed on cloud applications, APIs, and services
• recognize the challenges a test engineer faces when testing cloud applications and the role of mock and dummy data in testing APIs
• list and describe the various testing strategies used in local and cloud environments
• outline the process and benefits of implementing automated testing and the prominent tools and frameworks used in this process
• work with AWS SAM to test serverless applications
• perform integration tests against local Lambda endpoints using AWS SAM
• generate and customize event payloads for a number of AWS services to simplify testing of Lambda functions
• test and debug Node.js serverless applications locally using the AWS toolkit for Visual Studio Code and SAM CLI
• list and describe the prominent AWS services that can be used to monitor AWS applications
• work with AWS SAM CLI commands to fetch, tail, filter, and highlight Lambda function errors
• recognize the role played by the AWS Lambda console in monitoring AWS Lambda functions
• use the AWS Lambda console's monitoring dashboard to monitor AWS Lambda functions and applications
• summarize the key concepts covered in this course

Serverless Applications: Implementing RESTful API using AWS

Serverless Applications: Implementing RESTful API using AWS

• discover the key concepts covered in this course
• recall the history of REST API and the features of REST that make it different from SOAP API
• recognize the goals of the REST architecture style and the design rules applied to establish the distinct characteristics of the REST architectural style
• describe the concept and approach of uniform contract and service modeling using RESTful API
• recognize the benefits of using REST API for modern applications and the steps that can be adopted to transition to API-driven development
• describe the features and architecture of AWS API Gateway that help accept and process concurrent API calls
• outline the process that needs to be adopted to design, build, and optimize API Gateway for creating REST APIs to implement request/response design models
• create HTTP APIs using the AWS Management Console
• create API Gateway APIs with private integration to provide API consumers with access to HTTP/HTTPS resources within Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
• create API Gateway APIs to expose other AWS services
• demonstrate the steps involved in building API Gateway REST APIs with Lambda integration
• recall the concept of serverless computing along with the AWS services that can be used to implement serverless computing
• describe the features and building blocks of AWS Lambda along with the benefits afforded by AWS Lambda to implement serverless compute
• implement AWS Lambda using Node.js with the AWS Management Console
• recognize the key features and benefits of DynamoDB and specify why DynamoDB is an essential part of the serverless ecosystem
• create Lambda functions that can consume events from Amazon DynamoDB streams
• implement REST APIs that use AWS API Gateway to route requests to Lambda functions that can query DynamoDB
• recognize the approach of setting up authentication and authorization mechanisms in AWS serverless implementations
• configure a Lambda authorizer using the API Gateway console
• set up request validators in an API's OpenAPI definition file and import the OpenAPI definitions into API Gateway
• use Amazon S3 to trigger an AWS Lambda function when files are being uploaded in Amazon S3 buckets
• configure a destination and Lambda function to send invocation records asynchronously to services
• invoke and execute Lambda functions at regular intervals using scheduled events
• customize the content delivered by CloudFront using the Lambda compute service
• summarize the key concepts covered in this course