Application Front End

In this lab, after deploying the serverless backend using AWS SAM and API Gateway, you use AWS Amplify to deploy the frontend of the grid-maker application and configure it to authenticate using Amazon Cognito.

Level

Intermediate

Duration

1 Hours 0 Minutes

Course Objectives

By the end of this lab, you will be able to do the following:

• Install requirements to use AWS Amplify CLI.
• Initialize AWS Amplify and deploy a project.
• Configure Cognito to authenticate with the application.
• Run the grid-maker application using authentication to create the grid image.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for:

• Developers

Prerequisites

To successfully complete this lab:

• Familiarity with the basic navigation of the AWS Management Console.
• Versed in editing and running scripts using an AWS Cloud9 code editor and terminal.
• A basic understanding and familiarity with Amazon API Gateway, AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM), AWS Lambda, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS Amplify.
• Prior experience with AWS services including AWS Amplify and serverless computing will be helpful but is not necessarily required.

Course Outline

• Task 1: Install and initialize AWS Amplify

• Task 2: Add hosting and authorization to the Amplify project
• Task 3: Configure the application to require authentication