Category: Technical How-to

Client-side web development with frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue have become incredibly popular. At the same time, GraphQL has emerged as an alternative to REST for building robust, efficient APIs. However, using GraphQL APIs from client-side code comes with unique challenges compared to REST. One major roadblock is handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) when […]

The future of web development: AWS Amplify’s Code First Approach AWS Amplify‘s new code-first developer experience is contributing to shaping the future of web development. This approach emphasizes building with an app-first mentality, focusing on the seamless DX while leveraging the power of AWS services. By adopting this approach, developers can create robust and scalable […]

In this post we will walk you through creating a fullstack, sample web app that uses Amazon Bedrock to create generative AI-powered application features and user experiences. Your sample app will include: A React frontend web application, built with Amplify UI components, that supports both end user chat interactions with Amazon Bedrock foundational models, and […]

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 […]

We’re excited to announce a new capability that makes it easy to build scalable, secure GraphQL interfaces over your existing relational databases with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). Provide the AWS Amplify GraphQL API CDK construct with your database credentials stored securely in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store as a SecureString, and start authoring your […]

Generative AI is transforming the way applications interface with data, which in turn is creating new challenges for application developers building with generative AI services like Amazon Bedrock. Amazon Bedrock is the easiest way to build and scale generative AI applications with foundation models (FMs). Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service, offers a choice of […]

This post describes how you can leverage AWS AppSync and GraphQL APIs to seamlessly connect your Amazon Bedrock FMs and Agents to both public APIs and to your private APIs and databases. Amazon Bedrock is a generative AI service, and is the easiest way to build and scale generative AI applications with foundation models (FMs). […]

Modern Tooling for Your Website using AWS, Contentful & Next.js In this tutorial, we’ll build a blog website from beginning to end with an A-level Lighthouse performance scale and low maintenance friction. I’ll show you how to store your content with a Contentful model, access the content from a Next.js app and deploy the Next.js […]

AWS AppSync is a fully managed service that enables developers to create GraphQL APIs that securely access, manipulate and combine data from one or more data sources. Recently, AWS announced the support for AWS AppSync Private APIs to help customers restrict access to your GraphQL APIs to API consumers within a private network, such as […]

Geospatial applications have become an integral part of our daily lives, from interactive maps to location-based services. With the increasing demand for such applications, developers require powerful and secure tools to build reliable geospatial solutions. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been at the forefront of providing cutting-edge services, and the recent launch of Amazon Location […]