AWS stands for Amazon Web Services and is a cloud computing platform provided by Amazon. It provides a wide range of services such as data storage, compute power, content delivery, database management, analytics, and more. These services can be used to build, deploy, and manage applications in the cloud, making it easier for developers to focus on their code rather than worrying about the underlying infrastructure. AWS also offers a variety of tools and services that can help JavaScript developers create powerful and dynamic web applications.
Creating Videos... With React!
React Summit 2024React Summit 2024
20 min
Creating Videos... With React!
Today's Talk covers creating videos with React, including using Puppeteer and FFmpeg to build videos frame by frame. The ReMotion library offers advantages such as declarative and reusable components, versioning, and automation. The Talk also demonstrates building a video with ReMotion, embedding previews in React, and customization options. It explores rendering at scale with ReMotion's Lambda or Docker options and the rendering process using Lambdas.
AWS Lambda Performance Tuning
Node Congress 2024Node Congress 2024
25 min
AWS Lambda Performance Tuning
This Talk covers various optimization techniques for Lambda functions, including parameter fetching, code minification and bundling, observability with Power Tools and X-Ray, baseline testing with load testing tools, caching with Elastic Cache and Redis, and optimizing code size and memory usage. The importance of library choices, power tuning for cost and performance, leveraging subprocesses and sandboxes, and adjusting concurrency limits are also discussed. Overall, these techniques can significantly improve Lambda function performance.
Frontend to the Cloud Made Easy - A ReactJS + AWS Workshop
DevOps.js Conf 2024DevOps.js Conf 2024
59 min
Frontend to the Cloud Made Easy - A ReactJS + AWS Workshop
Workshop
Eyal Keren
Eyal Keren
This workshop enables you to learn how to develop React applications, and then deploy them to the cloud (or building them to the console) coupled with a backend, fully abstracted, with no complex backend configuration, simplifying the building and deployment of frontend & web apps to the cloud.
Building a sophisticated CodePipeline with CDK in a Monorepo Setup
DevOps.js Conf 2024DevOps.js Conf 2024
8 min
Building a sophisticated CodePipeline with CDK in a Monorepo Setup
Imagine starting as an AWS DevOps engineer in a small company. Your boss wants an all-in AWS approach, with CICD entirely on AWS for automated deployments. Use AWS CDK for creating a pipeline, stages, and actions. Learn how to handle multiple pipelines for different accounts and handle manual approval for staging and production environments. Discover how to trigger pipelines with EventBridge and Lambda, and create sophisticated pipelines for different scenarios.
Demystify the DX for Lambda functions
DevOps.js Conf 2024DevOps.js Conf 2024
30 min
Demystify the DX for Lambda functions
Welcome to this session on Lambda Developer Experience. Learn about using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) to write code in your favorite language and automatically generate CloudFormation templates. Test locally with the SAM CLI and deploy with CDK. Accelerate testing and updates with CDK flags. Use the AWS Toolkit to invoke Lambda functions, analyze logs, and generate code with Application Composer.
AWS Lambda under the hood
Node Congress 2023Node Congress 2023
22 min
AWS Lambda under the hood
Top Content
In this Talk, key characteristics of AWS Lambda functions are covered, including service architecture, composition, and optimization of Node.js code. The two operational models of Lambda, asynchronous and synchronous invocation, are explained, highlighting the scalability and availability of the service. The features of Lambda functions, such as retries and event source mapping, are discussed, along with the micro VM lifecycle and the three stages of a Lambda function. Code optimization techniques, including reducing bundle size and using caching options, are explained, and tools like webpack and Lambda Power Tuning are recommended for optimization. Overall, Lambda is a powerful service for handling scalability and traffic spikes while enabling developers to focus on business logic.
Tools for better Observability in NodeJS Serverless IoT Applications
Node Congress 2023Node Congress 2023
8 min
Tools for better Observability in NodeJS Serverless IoT Applications
The Talk discusses the challenges of IoT development, including issues with fleet offline, data missing, alerts not working, inconsistent data, and slow loading dashboards. It explores how to build observability in IoT applications using metrics, logging, and tracing. The integration between the rules engine and Lambda is explained, highlighting the use of tools like Lambda Power Tools and X-Ray for logging, monitoring, and tracing. The Lambda invocation process and the tracing capabilities of X-Ray are also mentioned.
Enter CDK: What this Means for the World of IaC
DevOps.js Conf 2022DevOps.js Conf 2022
13 min
Enter CDK: What this Means for the World of IaC
AWS CDK is a concept that allows you to use coding languages to create infrastructure as code, making it more flexible and powerful than traditional config languages. CDK offers benefits such as improved developer experience, multi-regional deployments, and a programmatic approach to infrastructure as code. It is a suitable choice for AWS users, particularly those familiar with CloudFormation. CDK can be used to migrate from CloudFormation to a more efficient and user-friendly infrastructure management tool. CDK also provides drift detection and supports multi-region deployment, making it a popular choice for managing infrastructure on AWS.
Infrastructure as Code for React Application on AWS Written in TypeScript
React Advanced 2021React Advanced 2021
30 min
Infrastructure as Code for React Application on AWS Written in TypeScript
This Talk covers infrastructure as code using Terraform and CDK. The speaker demonstrates how to build infrastructure for a React application, including an S3 bucket and connecting to a real domain. They also discuss configuring cache behavior, CloudFront, and remote backends. TypeScript is highlighted as a powerful language for infrastructure as code, and the importance of automation and well-documented code for global-scale infrastructures is emphasized.
Building Serverless Applications on AWS with TypeScript
Node Congress 2021Node Congress 2021
245 min
Building Serverless Applications on AWS with TypeScript
Workshop
Slobodan Stojanović
Slobodan Stojanović
This workshop teaches you the basics of serverless application development with TypeScript. We'll start with a simple Lambda function, set up the project and the infrastructure-as-a-code (AWS CDK), and learn how to organize, test, and debug a more complex serverless application.
Table of contents:        - How to set up a serverless project with TypeScript and CDK        - How to write a testable Lambda function with hexagonal architecture        - How to connect a function to a DynamoDB table        - How to create a serverless API        - How to debug and test a serverless function        - How to organize and grow a serverless application


Materials referred to in the workshop:
https://excalidraw.com/#room=57b84e0df9bdb7ea5675,HYgVepLIpfxrK4EQNclQ9w
DynamoDB blog Alex DeBrie: https://www.dynamodbguide.com/
Excellent book for the DynamoDB: https://www.dynamodbbook.com/
https://slobodan.me/workshops/nodecongress/prerequisites.html
Automate React Site Deployments from GitHub to S3 & CloudFront
DevOps.js Conf 2021DevOps.js Conf 2021
33 min
Automate React Site Deployments from GitHub to S3 & CloudFront
This Talk focuses on automating React deployments to S3 and CloudFront using a CICD pipeline in AWS. It covers setting up the pipeline, sourcing code from GitHub, and configuring infrastructure with Terraform and Terragrunt. The Talk also demonstrates the process of building and deploying a React application using AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline. Overall, it provides a comprehensive overview of the tools and techniques involved in automating React deployments in AWS.
Introduction to the AWS CDK: Infrastructure as Node
Node Congress 2021Node Congress 2021
34 min
Introduction to the AWS CDK: Infrastructure as Node
The AWS CDK is an infrastructure as code tool that supports multiple programming languages and helps mitigate concerns about vendor lock-in. It uses JSII to support different languages and allows you to write code once and get the same API across different languages. The CDK simplifies resource creation and management in AWS, addressing the verbosity and error-proneness of CloudFormation. CDK applications consist of apps and stacks, with stacks mapping to CloudFormation stacks. The CDK provides a more compact and familiar syntax compared to CloudFormation, making it easier for JavaScript developers to handle the entire stack.
Troubleshooting your Serverless Node.js doesn't have to be a Pain
DevOps.js Conf 2021DevOps.js Conf 2021
27 min
Troubleshooting your Serverless Node.js doesn't have to be a Pain
Welcome to the DevOpsJS conference where Jeff Hopper introduces his Slack bot called LGTM ReplyGIF for posting GIFs on his behalf. He troubleshoots issues with the serverless Node code, uses CloudWatch logs and stack traces for debugging, and ships logs to Elasticsearch for analysis. Jeff explores troubleshooting options with Rollbar and discusses serverless deployment recommendations. The audience is invited to contribute to the Slack bot project, and the session concludes with thanks from Jeff.
Transforming GraphQL – Infrastructure as Code for Front End Developers
JSNation Live 2020JSNation Live 2020
27 min
Transforming GraphQL – Infrastructure as Code for Front End Developers
This talk is about building full-stack cloud applications as a front-end developer using GraphQL and the GraphQL Transform library. It covers the three main parts of AWS Amplify: hosting, CLI, and client libraries. The GraphQL Transform library simplifies building a GraphQL API by handling schema creation, database interaction, and resolver mapping. It demonstrates how to use GraphQL transforms to build a GraphQL API with features like authorization rules, relationships, and local mocking. It also discusses the considerations for using managed services and the future of infrastructure as code with Amplify and other tools.
Building Real-time Serverless GraphQL APIs on AWS with TypeScript and CDK
React Summit 2020React Summit 2020
25 min
Building Real-time Serverless GraphQL APIs on AWS with TypeScript and CDK
This Talk provides an introduction to JavaScript and React, as well as insights into building real-time serverless GraphQL APIs with TypeScript, AppSync, and CDK. It covers the concepts of GraphQL schema, data sources, and resolvers, as well as the use of GraphQL subscriptions for real-time communication. The Talk also highlights the features of AppSync and CDK for building APIs and infrastructure. It concludes with a demonstration of creating an API with CDK and AppSync, including the creation of Lambda functions and DynamoDB tables.
Create an Application Backend in Clicks with the Amplify Admin UI
JSNation Live 2021JSNation Live 2021
29 min
Create an Application Backend in Clicks with the Amplify Admin UI
Today's talk introduces the AWS Amplify Admin UI and low code development, which aims to simplify backend web development. The AWS Amplify Admin UI is a powerful tool backed by AWS services, allowing users to create a database schema visually and test locally. The Amplify CLI and Datastore enable developers to link the backend to their code easily. Low code development in Amplify makes coding more accessible and fun. Amplify offers benefits such as direct use of AWS services, extensibility, and excellent GraphQL service. Other interesting topics include server-side rendering support, environmental management, and support for Node.js and Python in AWS Amplify.
Turning the Cloud Inside Out
React Summit Remote Edition 2021React Summit Remote Edition 2021
36 min
Turning the Cloud Inside Out
Today's Talk discusses turning the cloud inside out using GraphQL, highlighting its benefits such as type validation, real-time capabilities, and query efficiency. It explores the use of GraphQL as an API gateway, particularly in the context of microservices, third-party APIs, and blockchain. The talk also covers the efficient indexing and cloud integration offered by GraphQL, as well as building cloud APIs with AWS using API Gateway and AWS AppSync. It concludes with insights on deploying GraphQL APIs with tools like Amplify and CDK, and creating GraphQL APIs backed by Lambda and DynamoDB.