Running Serverless: Introduction to AWS Lambda and the Serverless Application Model

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Introduction
Serverless in five minutes
	The serverless pricing model
	Important AWS Lambda technical constraints
	When to use Lambda
I Basic development tasks
	Set up tools for local development
		Setting up prerequisites
		Installing JavaScript tools
		Installing the SAM command line tools
		Configuring access credentials
		Running with restricted user accounts
		Using a profile
	Create a web service
		Infrastructure as code
		The Lambda programming model
		Deploying SAM applications
		Inspecting a stack
	Development and troubleshooting
		Retrieving execution logs
		Simulating Lambda locally
		Debugging functions
		Validating templates
		Working in a team
		Setting up a deployment pipeline
	Safe deployments
		Function configurations
		Versions and aliases
		Gradual deployments
II Working with AWS services
	Handling HTTP requests
		API Gateway events
		Customising responses
		Troubleshooting Gateway integrations
		Processing request parameters
		Using global settings to configure the implicit API
		Creating parameterised CloudFormation stacks
	Using external storage
		Cloud storage options
		Lambda access rights
		Generating unique references
		Using AWS resources from Lambda functions
		Authorising access with IAM policies
		Dealing with network timeouts
	Cheaper, faster, serverless
		Signing requests
		Protecting S3 files
	Handling platform events
		Generating test events
		Working with files
		Working with asynchronous events
		Avoiding circular references
		Handling asynchronous errors with dead letters
		Conditional resources
III Designing serverless applications
	Using application components
		The AWS Serverless Application Repository
		Lambda layers
		Publishing to SAR
	Managing sessions and user workflows
		Moving session state out of Lambda functions
		Moving static assets out of Lambda functions
		Using S3 as a web server
		Uploading files to S3
		Using custom resources to extend CloudFormation
	Designing robust applications
		API endpoints with path parameters
		Designing with Ports and Adapters
		Protecting against abuse
	Deployment options
		Think about jobs, not functions
		One Lambda or many?
		Sharing behaviour
		Sharing configuration
		Where next?
	Index