AWS Fundamentals: Building Serverless Applications (Coursera)

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AWS Fundamentals: Building Serverless Applications (Coursera)

This course will introduce you to Amazon Web Services (AWS) serverless architecture. Through demonstrations and hands-on exercises you'll learn skills in building and deploying serverless solutions. Using real-world examples of a serverless website and chat bot, you'll build upon your existing knowledge of the AWS cloud to take advantage of the benefits of modern architectures for greater agility, innovation, and lower total cost of ownership across a range of AWS services, including AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Lex.

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In this course, you'll have the option to complete hands-on exercises. We strongly suggest you take advantage of the AWS Free Tier to follow the lab exercises provided by throughout the course. Be aware that any services used outside of the free tier may result in you incurring charges through your AWS account. Class forums will also allow you to ask questions and interact with AWS training instructors. After completing this course, you'll have the knowledge and skills to build serverless solutions on AWS.
This course has been developed by AWS, and is delivered by AWS technical instructors who teach cloud computing courses around the globe.

Course 4 of 4 in the AWS Fundamentals Specialization.

What You Will Learn

  • Introduce AWS serverless framework and architecture in the context of a real business problem
  • Provide the foundational knowledge to become more proficient in choosing and creating serverless solutions using AWS
  • Provide demonstrations of AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Lex, and other services needed to deploy serverless solutions.
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