AWS Lambda Function
Learn about AWS Lambda, a serverless computing service.
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What is the AWS Lambda function?
The AWS Lambda is the most popular AWS cloud service in the serverless domain. In the first chapter, we learned about the serverless concept and the creation of this service. Now, we'll shift our focus to the service itself and work on creating our first AWS Lambda function using the AWS console.
Imagine AWS Lambda as a magical helper that can perform tasks for us in the cloud. When we need something done, we give this helper a set of instructions (our code) and tell it when to perform the task (by setting a trigger). The helper then takes care of everything else—it finds a place to do the task, takes care of the necessary resources, and only charges us for the time it spends working on our task.
In more technical terms, AWS Lambda is a service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that ...