Scaling Serverless Architectures

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This course focuses on choosing the services to scale your serverless architectures. In this course, you will learn how to think serverless at scale, including the following:

• Comparing AWS Lambda based architectures with traditional cloud architectures
• Applying best practices to optimize the speed with which Lambda functions run
• Comparing storage options for persisting resource and application state
• Applying serverless testing strategies as they relate to mocking, unit tests, function design, effectively testing to scale, and integration testing
• Exploring options for expenditure awareness within your serverless applications

• Course level: Intermediate
• Duration: 1.5 hours

Activities

• This course includes presentations, videos, and assessments.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Compare Lambda based architectures with traditional cloud architectures with respect to how and what you measure to ensure that your solution can handle its traffic
• List design best practices to optimize the speed with which Lambda functions run, with both a cold and warm start
• Compare storage options for persisting resource and application state
• Identify how to regulate access to your solution and where it is applied
• Describe the considerations for using usage patterns, API throttling, API keys, Lambda concurrency controls, and HTTP status codes
• Identify performance-related design trade-offs and the pros and cons of each for APIs, Lambda functions, and data stores
• Summarize serverless testing strategies as they relate to mocking, unit tests, function design, effectively testing to scale, and integration testing
• Highlight iterative modifications that you can make for optimizing your application's performance and costs over time

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Experienced developers and cloud architects who are familiar with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud and serverless technologies

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Familiarity with serverless technologies and AWS Cloud concepts
• Completion of Architecting on AWS or equivalent knowledge
• Completion of Getting into the Serverless Mindset or equivalent knowledge
• Completion of Introduction to Serverless Development or equivalent knowledge
• Completion of AWS Lambda Foundations or equivalent knowledge

Course outline

Module 1: Introduction

• How to Use This Course
• Course Introduction

Module 2: Scaling Serverless Architectures

• Thinking Serverless at Scale
• Scaling Considerations for Serverless Services
• Testing for Peak Load

Module 3: Wrap-Up

• Wrap-Up and Next Steps
• Knowledge Check
• Feedback