Field Guide
Serverless
Focus on operationalizing your core business instead of managing infrastructure.
Write less code
Serverless architectures allow you to focus more on code that is valuable to your business.
Compute
From the basics with Netlify to advanced integrations with AWS lambda there's a range of compute options on the table.
Netlify Functions
Write a single function that accepts two arguments and Netlify takes care of the rest.
AWS Lambda
Custom runtimes, authorization approaches, integration with other AWS services, and more.
Edge, Containers, and More
The serverless paradigm goes even deeper by running functions at the edge and running containers without complex orchestration tooling.
- Building a Serverless JAMStack Todo app with Netlify, Gatsby, GraphQL, and FaunaDBin eggheadnetlifygatsbyidentity
- Converting a Serverless App to run on AWS Lambda and DynamoDB with Serverless Frameworkin eggheadserverless-frameworkaws-lambdadynamodb
- Building an OpenGraph image generation API with Cloudinary, Netlify Functions, and Reactin eggheadreactcloudinarynetlifyfigmaplaywright
Storage
When Databases are designed with serverless compute options in mind, they can handle the unique scaling demands.
DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB is a key-value and document database that delivers single-digit millisecond performance at any scale.
Aurora Serverless
Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, autoscaling database configuration with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
APIs
Hasura
A GraphQL layer in front of a SQL database that can be accessed from serverless functions
Learn more...AppSync
Fully managed GraphQL API that directly integrates with serverless storage like DynamoDB.
Learn more...API Gateway HTTP
Deploy lambdas to handle specific resources in your Rest API or respond to webhooks from other services.
Learn more...Integrations
Focus on what matters
Choose the right vendors to integrate with for authentication, billing, and more so you can focus on what makes you different.
Using Netlify Identity with AWS Lambda Custom Authorizers
Netlify Identity is an integrated authorization solution for Netlify that allows users to sign up, log in, and also provides the verified user object inside of Netlify Functions.
Getting started with Netlify functions and go modules
When building Jamstack sites we don't run a server, so to use any dynamic logic we can take advantage of serverless functions. In our case we'll deploy on Netlify and that means we'll go with golang for our functions.
Building a Serverless JAMStack Todo app with Netlify, Gatsby, GraphQL, and FaunaDB
Take a guided tour through your first Jamstack and serverless product using Netlify Functions.
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