Author: Zhaoxi Zhang

In this blog post, I will introduce how to test AWS Lambda functions in Eclipse by using the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse. The AWS Toolkit for Eclipse Lambda Plugin provides a feature in which a JUnit test class is created automatically upon creation of a new AWS Lambda Java project. I will give you step-by-step instructions for creating […]

In this blog post, I will introduce a simple workflow using the AWS SDK for Java to perform a database migration with the AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS). AWS DMS helps you migrate databases to AWS easily and securely. With AWS DMS, the source database remains fully operational during the migration, minimizing downtime to applications that rely on […]

The Beanstalker open source project now supports Java SE application development and deployment directly to AWS Elastic Beanstalk using the Maven archetype elasticbeanstalk-javase-archetype. With just a few commands in a terminal, you can create and deploy a Java SE application. This blog post provides step-by-step instructions for using this archetype. First, in the terminal, type the mvn archetype:generate command. Use elasticbeanstalk as the filter, choose elasticbeanstalk-javase-archetype […]

Today, I’m excited to announce the Practical DynamoDB Programming in Java demo from AWS re:Invent 2015 is available on github. This project is used to demonstrate how Amazon DynamoDB can be used together with AWS Lambda to perform real-time and batch analysis of domain-specific data. Real-time analysis is performed by using DynamoDB streams as an event source of a Lambda function. Batch […]