Category: Best Practices

As we kick off 2023, I wanted to take a moment to highlight the top posts from 2022. Without further ado, here are the top 10 Front-End Web and Mobile blog posts of 2022. #1 Apollo GraphQL Federation with AWS AppSync Florian Chazal, Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, comes in at #1 with an updated post […]

AWS AppSync is a fully managed service that makes it simple to build scalable APIs for web and mobile applications. It allows you to create APIs that access data from a variety of sources, including databases, serverless functions, and other AWS services. With AWS AppSync, you can build APIs that support real-time data via WebSockets, […]

The development of location-based services is increasing at a rapid rate, supporting use cases such as user engagement and geomarketing, asset track, and delivery services. In this blog post, we will talk about how you can make the use of Amazon Cost Explorer to understand the costs around Amazon Location Service and optimize as per […]

Introduction NEW: Watch our recent Build and deploy a full-stack Next.js web app with AWS Amplify webinar for a video tutorial of this blog post. AWS Amplify Hosting is a fully managed hosting service for applications built using static site generation (SSG) and server-side rendering (SSR) frameworks including Next.js 12 and 13. This tutorial explains […]

Managing user identities across multiple applications within an organization can be problematic. If your organization already has a solution for managing user access it is preferable that new applications integrate with currently exiting solutions rather than leveraging a novel mechanism. Okta is one such widely adopted identity management solution that may already be in play […]

Amazon recently launched the Appstore Small Business Accelerator Program. This new program enables application developers to build a scalable business by reducing cloud infrastructure costs, while also offering better revenue share to help them get started on their own Day 1. For developers that earned less than $1 million in revenue in the previous calendar […]

In modern applications, sharing files is as much a necessity as having a database or authentication. When working with AWS, a common storage solution is to use Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) where files are stored in an S3 bucket. The problem however, is a file often needs to be associated with data stored in […]

Today, AWS Amplify announces Amplify Studio form builder, the new way to build React form components for any API. Amplify Studio is a visual interface that helps customers build full-stack web and mobile apps faster. Developers can now generate cloud-connected React forms based on their app’s GraphQL data model or REST APIs in one click […]

Today, we are announcing “Hey, Amplify!“, a Discord bot aimed at improving the community experience. The AWS Amplify community Discord server has grown to amass nearly 20,000 members since its beginning in May 2020. Over time we have observed how members use Discord and what can be challenging with many supported services and platforms being […]

AWS AppSync is a managed service that makes it easy to build scalable APIs that connect applications to data. Developers use AppSync every day to build GraphQL APIs that interact with datasources like Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, and HTTP APIs. For example, you can connect to an Amazon DynamoDB table, and implement your data access […]