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cloud Intermediate 21 lessons

Serverless Architectures

Build scalable apps without managing servers. Master AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB for event-driven architectures.

Serverless allows developers to focus on code, not infrastructure. This course teaches you to build event-driven applications using AWS Lambda. You will trigger functions from HTTP requests via API Gateway, file uploads to S3, and database changes in DynamoDB. Learn to manage state with Step Functions and observe your distributed applications using X-Ray. This architecture minimizes operational overhead and scales to zero cost when idle.

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Complete Course Syllabus

  • 1
    Lambda Fundamentals
    Triggers, execution context, and cost model.
  • 2
    API Gateway
    Routing HTTP requests to functions securely.
  • 3
    DynamoDB Integration
    Fast NoSQL storage for serverless backends.
  • 4
    Event-Driven Patterns
    Decoupling services with SQS, SNS, and EventBridge.
  • 5
    Observability
    Tracing requests and logging with CloudWatch.

Estimated completion time: 21 lessons • Self-paced learning • Lifetime access

Career Outlook

Estimated Salary
$110k - $150k

Career Paths

Serverless Developer $115k-$155k
Cloud Engineer $110k-$150k
Solutions Architect $130k-$170k

What You Will Learn

Build event-driven microservices using AWS Lambda
Expose REST and WebSocket APIs using API Gateway
Model NoSQL data for serverless apps with DynamoDB
Orchestrate complex workflows using AWS Step Functions
Debug and monitor distributed apps with CloudWatch/X-Ray

Skills You Will Gain

AWS Lambda API Gateway DynamoDB EventBridge Serverless Framework

Who Is This For

Backend Developers
Cloud Architects
Startups

Prerequisites

Node.js or Python
AWS Basics

Serverless Architectures FAQs

Cold starts?

We teach mitigation strategies (Provisioned Concurrency).

Vendor lock-in?

A risk, but frameworks help abstract some of it.

Cost?

Usually cheaper than EC2 for variable workloads.

Languages?

We use Node.js/Python, but Lambda supports many.

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