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Overview of AWS SDK for JavaScript

Modular AWS SDK for JavaScript – Release Candidate

As of December 15th, 2020, the AWS SDK for JavaScript, version 3 (v3) is generally available. We’re happy to announce the Release Candidate (RC) of the AWS SDK for JavaScript, version 3 (v3). This RC follows the Developer preview release of the JavaScript SDK. It is a major rewrite of the version 2.x code base, and […]

AWS Chalice now supports Amazon Kinesis and Amazon DynamoDB Streams

Version 1.21.0 of AWS Chalice, a framework for creating serverless applications in Python, adds support for two new event sources in AWS Lambda. You can now configure a Lambda function to be automatically invoked whenever a record is added to an Amazon Kinesis stream or whenever an Amazon DynamoDB table is updated. Chalice automatically handles […]

Connection UX improvements in the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains

The AWS Toolkit for JetBrains is a plugin for JetBrains’s IDEs that makes it easier to write applications for AWS. Features include locally debugging Lambdas, browsing S3 buckets, viewing CloudWatch logs, and more. Today we’d like to share a number of improvements to the toolkit which make connecting to AWS more seamless: Better defaults – in […]

Introducing immutable class mapping for the Enhanced DynamoDB Client in AWS SDK for Java 2.x

We are pleased to announce that the enhanced DynamoDB client in the AWS SDK for Java 2.x now supports the mapping of immutable Java objects directly with records in your DynamoDB tables. Previously, only mutable ‘Java bean’ style objects were supported. Immutability in Java is a commonly used style that allows developers to create classes […]

Automatically deploy a Serverless REST API from GitHub with AWS Chalice

AWS Chalice lets you quickly create serverless applications in Python. When you first start using Chalice, you can use the chalice deploy command to deploy your application to AWS without any additional setup or configuration needed other than AWS credentials. As your application grows and you add additional team members to your project, you’ll want […]