Python and Aws Cookbook: Managing Your Cloud with Python and Boto, Garnaat Mitch

• This fast-paced guide will help you clear the exam with confidence
• Learn to design, develop, and deploy cloud-based solutions using AWS
• Enhance your AWS skills with practice questions and mock tests

Book Description

AWS Certified Developer - Associate Guide starts with a quick introduction to AWS and the prerequisites to get you started. Then, this book gives you a fair understanding of core AWS services and basic architecture. Next, this book will describe about getting familiar with Identity and Access Management (IAM) along with Virtual private cloud (VPC). Moving ahead you will learn about Elastic Compute cloud (EC2) and handling application traffic with Elastic Load Balancing (ELB). Going ahead you we will talk about Monitoring with CloudWatch, Simple storage service (S3) and Glacier and CloudFront along with other AWS storage options. Next we will take you through AWS DynamoDB - A NoSQL Database Service, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) and CloudFormation Overview. Finally, this book covers understanding Elastic Beanstalk and overview of AWS lambda.

At the end of this book, we will cover enough topics, tips and tricks along with mock tests for you to be able to pass the AWS Certified Developer - Associate exam and develop as well as manage your applications on the AWS platform.

What you will learn

• Create and manage users, groups, and permissions using AWS Identity and Access Management services
• Create a secured Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) with Public and Private Subnets, Network Access Control, and Security groups
• Get started with Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), launching your first EC2 instance, and working with it
• Handle application traffic with Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and monitor AWS resources with CloudWatch
• Work with AWS storage services such as Simple Storage Service (S3), Glacier, and CloudFront
• Get acquainted with AWS DynamoDB - a NoSQL database service
• Coordinate work across distributed application components using Simple Workflow Service (SWF)

Who this book is for

This book is for IT professionals and developers looking to clear the AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2017 exam. Developers looking to develop and manage their applications on the AWS platform will also find this book useful. No prior AWS experience is needed.

Serverless Architectures on AWS teaches you how to build, secure and manage serverless architectures that can power the most demanding web and mobile apps. Forewords by Patrick Debois (Founder of devopsdays) and Dr. Donald F. Ferguson (Columbia University).

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Technology

There's a shift underway toward serverless cloud architectures. With the release of serverless computer technologies such as AWS Lambda, developers are now building entirely serverless platforms at scale. In these new architectures, traditional back-end servers are replaced with cloud functions acting as discrete single-purpose services. By composing and combining these serverless cloud functions together in a loose orchestration and adopting useful third-party services, developers can create powerful yet easy-to-understand applications.

About the Book

Serverless Architectures on AWS teaches you how to build, secure, and manage serverless architectures that can power the most demanding web and mobile apps. You'll get going quickly with this book's ready-made real-world examples, code snippets, diagrams, and descriptions of architectures that can be readily applied. By the end, you'll be able to architect and build your own serverless applications on AWS.

What's Inside

• First steps with serverless computing
• Important patterns and architectures
• Writing AWS Lambda functions and using the API Gateway
• Composing serverless applications using key services like Auth0 and Firebase
• Securing, deploying, and managing serverless architectures

About the Reader

This book is for software developers interested in back end technologies. Experience with JavaScript (node.js) and AWS is useful but not required.

About the Author

Dr. Peter Sbarski is a well-known AWS expert, VP of engineering at A Cloud Guru, and head of Serverlessconf.

Table of Contents

PART 1 - FIRST STEPS
1. Going serverless
2. Architectures and patterns
3. Building a serverless application
4. Setting up your cloud
PART 2 - CORE IDEAS
5. Authentication and authorization
6. Lambda the orchestrator
7. API Gateway
PART 3 - GROWING YOUR ARCHITECTURE
8. Storage
9. Database
10. Going the last mile

1. Services for your serverless architecture
2. Installation and setup
3. More about authentication and authorization
4. Lambda insider
5. Models and mapping