36. What’s new for JavaScript developers on AWS?

We explore why you would choose JavaScript and what are the trade-offs that come with this choice. We present some of the main features of the all-new AWS SDK v3 for JavaScript. We discuss runtime support and tooling for AWS Lambda and finally some interesting developments in the JavaScript ecosystem for the cloud and AWS.

00:00 Intro
01:30 Why we should consider JavaScript on AWS
02:25 The new AWS SDK for JavaScript (v3)
03:00 The command pattern
07:10 Built in support for Mocking in the AWS SDK
08:00 Middleware support for request/response enrichment in the AWS SDK
09:30 Using JavaScript with Serverless and Lambda
11:50 The Middy framework
14:32 The Lambda Power tools library for TypeScript
15:30 JavaScript or TypeScript?
17:40 The pros and cons of bundling Lambda code
18:46 The Serverless Framework
19:50 CDK (Cloud Development Kit)
23:13 Wrap up

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