Front-End Web & Mobile

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Invoking AWS Step Functions short- and long-running workflows from AWS AppSync

Invoking AWS Step Functions short- and long-running workflows from AWS AppSync

AWS AppSync is a fully managed GraphQL service allowing developers to easily build GraphQL APIs. AWS AppSync lets developers connect their API various data sources, such as Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, Amazon OpenSearch, and HTTP Data Sources. By utilizing HTTP Data Sources, your AWS AppSync API can be connected to other AWS services. You can invoke AWS […]

Resources to Integrate with Amazon Location Service

Curious to find how you can customize your map, look for places, and play around with routing capabilities, directly on AWS? Learn how Amazon Location provides secure capabilities for developers to easily visualize and customize a map, add location, and enable tracking features to their application. The Amazon Location Service Developer Guide has detailed information […]

Enhancing Amazon DynamoDB single-table design with AWS AppSync access and security features

AWS AppSync is a fully managed service allowing developers to deploy scalable GraphQL backends on AWS. Developers utilize AppSync to connect applications to data sources such as Amazon DynamoDB tables. AppSync’s flexibility lets you utilize new or existing tables, using either a single-table design or a multi-table approach. In a single-table design, your different data […]

Create a Custom Map Style with Amazon Location Service

UX designers and web developers alike wish to have each component of their website meet the company’s branding requirements while providing a visual impact on its own. Web maps are no exception to this since they provide important visualizations for geographical data. The ability to customize is invaluable when a map is a big part […]

Integrating Amazon Location Service with AWS AI/ML services

Amazon Location, announced in re:Invent 2020, is a service that lets you add location data to your applications including maps, points of interests, geocoding, and tracking. It provides cost-effective location-based service using high quality data from trusted providers – Esri and HERE. The service anonymizes all queries sent to data providers by removing customer metadata […]

Implementing Estimated Time of Arrival and Proximity Notifications for Delivery using Amazon Location Service

The development of location-based services is increasing at a rapid rate, supporting use cases such as asset track and delivery services. In this blog, we’ll show you how to implement an estimated time of arrival or proximity notification using Amazon Location Service. An example of this would be delivery of building materials (e.g., lumber, copper […]

Cross-Platform Mobile Tracking App with AWS Amplify and Amazon Location Service

Location-based tracking applications have become very popular in recent years with the rise of ride-sharing companies and augmented reality “catch them all” style games. But personnel tracking in areas such as policing, ambulance, firefighting and other departments has been an integral part of the intelligence required for dispatching and public safety management for a long […]

Implement group based authorization for AWS AppSync GraphQL APIs with Okta

This article was written by Deepti Chilmakuru, Cloud Application Architect, AWS, and Jack Michel, Front End Developer, AWS September 14, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. AWS AppSync is a managed serverless GraphQL service that simplifies application development by letting you create a flexible API to securely access, […]

Building an application with AWS Amplify, Amazon Cognito, and an OpenID Connect Identity Provider

This post was written by Carlos Perea – Global Cloud Infrastructure Architect at AWS, Krithivasan Balasubramaniyan – Senior Consultant at AWS, and Edvin Hallvaxhiu – Security Consultant at AWS AWS Amplify is an end-to-end solution that enables mobile and front-end web developers to build and deploy secure, scalable full stack applications, powered by AWS. AWS […]