Serverless at re:Invent 2016 – Wrap-up

The re:Invent 2016 conference was an exciting week to be working on serverless at AWS. We announced new features like support for C# and dead letter queues, and launched new application constructs with Lambda such as Lambda@Edge, AWS Greengrass, Amazon Lex, and AWS Step Functions. In addition we also added support for surfacing services built using API Gateway in the AWS marketplace, expanded the capabilities for custom authorizers, and launched a reference developer portal for managing APIs. Catch up on all the great re:Invent launches here.

In addition to the serverless mini-con with deep dive talks and best practices, we also had deep customer talks by folks from Thomson Reuters, Vevo, Expedia, and FINRA. If you weren’t able to attend the mini-con or missed a specific session, here is a quick link to the entire Serverless Mini Conference Playlist. Other interesting sessions from other tracks are listed below.

Individual Sessions from the Mini Conference

• State of the Union – Serverless Mini Conference
• SVR201 – Serverless Apps with AWS Step Functions – [New Launch]
• SVR202 – What’s New with AWS Lambda – [New Launch]
• SVR301 – Real-time Data Processing Using AWS Lambda
• SVR302 – Optimizing the Data Tier in Serverless Web Applications – [Best Practices]
• SVR303 – Coca-Cola: Running Serverless Applications with Enterprise Requirements – [Best Practices]
• SVR304 – bots + serverless = ❤ – [New Launch]
• SVR305 – ↑↑↓↓←→←→ BA Lambda Start – [Best Practices]
• SVR306 – Serverless Computing Patterns at Expedia
• SVR307 – Application Lifecycle Management in a Serverless World – [Best Practices]
• SVR308 – Content and Data Platforms at Vevo: Rebuilding and Scaling from Zero
• SVR401 – Using AWS Lambda to Build Control Systems for Your AWS Infrastructure
• SVR402 – Operating Your Production API – [Best Practices]

Other Interesting Sessions

• DEV205 – Monitoring, Hold the Infrastructure: Getting the Most from AWS Lambda
• DEV207 – Developing Serverless C# Applications – [New Launch]
• DEV301 – Amazon CloudWatch Logs and AWS Lambda: A Match Made in Heaven
• DEV308 – Chalice: A Serverless Microframework for Python – [Best Practices]
• MBL305 – Developing Apps and Serverless Microservices for Enterprises using AWS
• MBL306 – Serverless Authentication and Authorization: Identity Management – [Best Practices]
• MBL404 – Native, Hybrid and Web patterns with Serverless and AWS Mobile services
• CTD206 – Bringing AWS Lambda to the Edge – [New Launch]
• CMP211 – Getting Started with Serverless Architectures – [Best Practices]
• ALX302 – Build a Serverless Back End for Your Alexa-Based Voice Interactions
• BDM303 – JustGiving: Serverless Data Pipelines, ETL & Stream Processing
• CMP305 – Serverless to 32 XLarge: A Unified Security Approach To AWS Compute
• IOT309 – Lambda Everywhere – [New Launch]
• IOT401 – Serverless IoT Back Ends
• SAC310 – Securing Serverless Architectures, and API Filtering at Layer 7 – [Best Practices]
• ARC402 – Serverless Architectural Patterns and Best Practices – [Best Practices]
• GPST404 – Building Complex Serverless Applications – [Best Practices]

If there are other sessions or talks you think I should capture in this list, let me know!