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A Beginner’s Guide to AWS Serverless using CDK
If all you’re looking for is a no-frills, quick, step-by-step guide, just scroll on down to The Guide!
The Story (Or, how I learned to let go of my laptop and embrace The Cloud)
Motivation
A while ago I outlined a project that I intend to build, one that I’m rather enthusiastic about, and after spending a few hours evaluating my options I decided that an AWS solution was the right way to go: their options are configurable and solid, their pricing is very reasonable and, as an added bonus, I get to familiarize myself with tech I’ll be using for my current contract!
All good.
Once I’d made the decision to use AWS, becoming generally familiar with the products on offer was easy enough and it took me very little time to flesh out a design. I was ready to get coding!
Or so I thought…
Hurdle 1
Serverless. And possibly other frameworks, I’m pretty sure I looked at a few but it seems like forever ago. Serverless shows lots of promise, and I know people who swear by it, but it’s only free up to a point and I immediately ran into strange issues with my first deployment. I found the interface surprisingly unhelpful, and it looks like once…
