Learning Java AWS Lambda Functions

Serverless is the hot new way to develop applications in the cloud. At the core of a Serverless Architecture is Functions-as-a-Service, also known as Serverless Compute - small, lightweight, operations that you deploy simply as code snippets, and let your vendor platform do the work of operating. The most popular implementation of Serverless Compute is AWS Lambda.

This session will teach you how to develop applications using AWS Lambda functions implemented in Java. You don’t need any prior AWS experience, Lambda or otherwise. We start from first principles, and explain what is going on in the Lambda environment as we proceed. After this session you’ll be able to:

• Setup a development environment ready for working with AWS Lambda
• Develop, deploy and test Java Lambdas
• Make decisions about how to configure your Lambdas
• Understand the programming model that Lambda gives you
• Be able to decide what libraries you may or may not want to include
• Setup clean logging and monitoring
• Integrate Lambda with AWS API Gateway to build Java-backed Serverless web services.