title: AWS Lambda : The Complete Beginner's Guide
author:  Byron Francis 
description: Computer developer turned author, Byron Francis graduated from university in Colorado with a degree in Computer Science &amp; Engineering. As a child of the 80s growing up in the computer age, technology enthusiast he was always destined to follow this career path, although he did consider teaching software development, before being offered a job at a software house in Denver. Working as a developer, he gained extensive knowledge of computer programming languages working for clients across the globe, and progressed to deliver training, to colleagues and to the end users on writing programmes and using the software. To facilitate his training delivery, he began writing manuals on topics such as Linux, Raspberry Pi 3 and SQL, which proved very popular among his colleagues and so he published them to the wider public. He also writes articles for an online magazine, reviewing new apps and software releases. As Head of Development for the company, he started his career with, Byron now spends less time travelling and more time based in Colorado, where he lives with his wife and their two dogs. The Franciss like to spend their weekends away from the city trekking or camping, and are both keen horse riders. Make sure to click "Follow" on my author's page to follow my new releases
zlib_text:   1. Preface
  
      1. Why I Wrote This Book
      2. Who This Book Is For
      3. How This Book Is Organized
      4. Conventions Used in This Book
      5. Using Code Examples
      6. O’Reilly Online Learning
      7. How to Contact Us
      8. Acknowledgments
    2. 1\. Full Stack Development in the Era of Serverless Computing
  
      1. Modern Serverless Philosophy
  
        1. Characteristics of a Serverless Application
        2. Benefits of a Serverless Architecture
        3. Different Implementations of Serverless
      2. Introduction to AWS
  
        1. About AWS
        2. Full Stack Serverless on AWS
        3. Amplify CLI
      3. Introduction to the AWS Amplify CLI
  
        1. Installing and Configuring the Amplify CLI
        2. Initializing Your First Amplify Project
        3. Creating and Deploying Your First Service
        4. Deleting the Resources
      4. Summary
    3. 2\. Getting Started with AWS Amplify
  
      1. Creating and Deploying a Serverless Function
  
        1. Creating the React Application and Installi