Front-End Web & Mobile

Category: Customer Solutions

Accessing resources in a Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) from Next.js API Routes

Accessing resources in a Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) from Next.js API Routes

Developers often need to access resources deployed inside of a Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) from Next.js applications deployed to AWS Amplify Hosting. An Amazon VPC can enable enterprises to launch resources in an isolated virtual network; however, developers may find it challenging to connect frontend applications to call APIs and databases within the Amazon […]

Detect real users with AWS Amplify and Face Liveness

In the world of spoofing and bad actors, AWS Amplify and the Amplify UI FaceLivenessDetector component can help you verify if your app is being used by real users. This connected component library is powered by Amazon Rekognition Face Liveness feature. No machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) experience is needed. This fully managed feature […]

Automate Testing with Authentication using AWS Amplify and Cypress

Note: This post is an update and extension to a previous blog post “Running end-to-end Cypress tests for your fullstack CI/CD deployment with Amplify Console“ Overview Automating the process of building, testing, and deploying software allows for faster delivery of high-quality software and can help reduce the risk of errors, as developers can catch and […]

Add storage to a Next.js 13 app with AWS Amplify

This post builds on the initial post, Deploy a Next.js 13 app with authentication to AWS Amplify, which initialized our project with AWS Cognito authentication and deployed our project to Amplify Hosting and the previous post, Build a Product Roadmap with Next.js and Amplify, where we built an admin page for product managers to login […]

Branch Insurance improves hiring diversity and accelerates app development using AWS AppSync

Branch Insurance is an insurance technology startup that provides simple insurance policies and comprehensive bundles to customers in the United States. The company set out to radically simplify the end-user experience for insurance customers by offering bindable prices based on just a couple simple pieces of information – the customer’s name and address. One of Branch’s […]

Build a Product Roadmap with Next.js and Amplify

In this post let’s imagine we are a car company with a public roadmap. We have a global audience, who are regularly checking to see what features we have delivered for our in-car entertainment system. We’ll build an admin page for product managers to login and update the roadmap and have it reflected on the […]

Backends for Frontends Pattern

In this blog post, we describe how you can improve end-user customer experience on your User Interfaces (UI) by implementing the Backend for Frontend pattern and providing real-time visual updates when your microservices raise events about mutations in their domain aggregates. The solution proposed combines two patterns: 1) the Backends for Frontends (BFF) pattern, where […]

re:Invent 2022 Wrapped: a Playlist for Web and Mobile App Developers

With 2022 in the rear view, re:Invent attendees have since unpacked their swag and organized a few gigabytes of photos from presentations, booth visits, and evening events. Those who attended virtually have long lists of notes, bookmarks, and questions for the AWS Amplify Discord. Finally, developers that weren’t able to attend are likely asking, “What […]

The most visited front-end web and mobile app development blogs in 2022

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 […]

Cost Optimization for Amazon Location Service

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 […]