Your First AWS Lambda Function In VSCode - For Beginners - Updated

❗️ In this video, we will develop and deploy a Lambda Function LOCALLY in VS Code using Serverless Framework.
🧠 Developing locally speeds up the development cycle drastically.
If you’ve tried to make a Lambda Function for more than 5 minutes you’ve run into the problem of how to actually develop and debug it. You probably tried to use the IDE in the AWS console, but quickly realized there are some drawbacks.
The good news is that Serverless Framework makes it really easy to develop Lambda functions in VS code and then deploy them.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
2:30 Install Serverless
4:40 Write function
10:30 Configure AWS Profile
13:20 Invoke Locally
13:40 Env Variable
15:10 Deploy
17:15 Cron
18:25 Debug in Cloud
21:40 Conclusion
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WHO AM I: I'm Dylan, a Cloud Software Engineer living in Oregon. I use my background in tech to make videos about technology that enables and grows businesses.
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Thanks. You are a great teacher and answer all my questions in only video. I can’t find this in Portuguese. I really thankful

[@shumit]

Great video. No-nonsense, to-the-point, confident. Brilliant !! Thank you very much !!!

[@dylanalbertazzi]

Glad to help!

[@shanix6617]

This is perfect for beginners. Well structured and explained everything without leaving you with unanswered questions.

[@dylanalbertazzi]

So glad it was helpful!

[@successezeh2009]

This is the tutorial I have been looking for. Thank you so much Dylan🤗🤗

[@dylanalbertazzi]

You're welcome!

[@reylinpj]

This tutorial is amazing! thank you so much :D

[@sakthiveldharmarajan]

Simple and clear instructions

[@dylanalbertazzi]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mrdesperate1]

I ran through this tutorial and everything worked really well. Minus the fact that my lambda deploys as an S3 bucket. What gives. I can't figure out how to deploy this as a lambda.... Also thank you for the time you took making this video, really awesome beginner guide

[@joelcool1027]

Nice tutorial!

[@dylanalbertazzi]

I’m glad it was helpful!

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[@dylanalbertazzi]

Thanks, will do!

[@schminkel]

Thanks Dylan for the updated video on Lambda Functions; it was really helpful! In addition to the content you showed, I have a question: what tool do you use for screen casting?

[@dylanalbertazzi]

Loom!

[@CtrlAltDelight28]

thank you very much

[@dylanalbertazzi]

Glad it helped

[@BarryMarkGee]

Great tutorial @Dylan. Clearly explained, any plans for tutorials to build out additional Lambda functions that use other AWS services? Thanks.

[@dylanalbertazzi]

I'm glad it was helpful! I'll add it to the video idea list

[@codeaperture]

I subscribed to this channel because it's saving me on AWS (cloud concepts when stuck.

[@dylanalbertazzi]

Welcome aboard!

[@XuXu-ee1xb]

Thank you very much for this!! I am freaking new to AWS and been exploring so long. I have a quick question: what's the difference between Severless and SAM? I would like to use SES(Simple Email Service) as a Lambda function in my service, which one you would think better fit my project? Thanks so much.

[@dylanalbertazzi]

So glad it helped! Serverless and SAM are different tools to do the same thing. IMO Serverless is much more mature and easy to use. I would go with Serverless for your project!

[@alfredtong9472]

Hi, thanks for your video. Learned a lot from it. I wondered that if I delete the event trigger(1 hour) from the Lambda website, how can I sync it to the VScode. Does it have some command like `git pull`?

[@dylanalbertazzi]

If you are using an IaC tool like Serverless you should never update your cloud resources from the aws console. If you redeploy from serverless it will overwrite the changes made via the console.

[@savethedave]

Thank you very much for this!!! I've been on hiatus from API dev for a few months, and previously I just used AWS's Cloud9 IDE and their Lambda plugin that had a great local debugger and one-click deployment option. I knew they were deprecating that though, so I was dreading how to figure a whole new workflow to do something that already worked! But your video is straight to the point and saved me a bunch of time/stress. Just curious - do you know why AWS/Cloud9 got rid of that simple and effective tool? Their toolkits for Cloud9 and VS Code seem to have more features, but are DEFINITELY more complicated and significantly slower. It seemed like a very backward move for the supposedly customer-focused Amazon company to make, imo. I'd appreciate any thoughts you have. Thanks again!

[@dylanalbertazzi]

Hey Dave, I'm glad the video was helpful! I'm not sure why they're getting rid of that feature. VS Code is been my go to for a long time and I haven't dabbled too in depth with Cloud9

[@savethedave]

@@dylanalbertazzi Thank you again Dylan! I'm liking VSCode a lot so far, and starting to get in the flow with Serverless.

[@shrek22]

Why does it everyone prefer Lamda to google functions?

[@varrions3227]

If im using WIX or some other platform do they need to sign up and pay montly fee or will I have to pay it every single month, or how does it work? Regarding your video, what tools to use when building websites to clients

[@dylanalbertazzi]

The client should own the website and therefore the account on wix. They are responsible for the fee. Have them add you as an admin on the site so you can edit.

[@ronemchowry180]

also how are you getting suggestion in your console pls tell

[@dylanalbertazzi]

Fig! it's a game changer fig.io/

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[@ramykingo77586RAP2FR]

perfect explained but where is the csv file

[@ronemchowry180]

would you please make some serverless lambda x react x tailwind projects? i really like your serverless content

[@dylanalbertazzi]

I'll add that to the queue, glad you're getting something out of it