Amazon Cognito Developer Resources

Cognito User Pools:

Amazon Cognito User Pools makes it easy to create and maintain a user directory and add sign-up (user on-boarding) and sign-in to your mobile or web application for authentication, authorization, and resource access and control.

• Getting Started with Amazon Cognito User Pools
• Set up the sample app: iOS | Android | JavaScript (Angular 2)

Cognito Identity Pools:

With Amazon Cognito Identity Pools, you can create unique identities and assign permissions for users. You can also sign in users through social identity providers, such as Facebook, Google, or Apple, or through corporate identity providers with SAML or OIDC and control access to your backend resources.

• Getting Started with Amazon Cognito Identity Pools
• Set up the sample app: iOS  | Android
• Integrate Cognito Identity Pools with Cognito User Pools
  

AWS AppSync:

If you're new to Amazon Cognito Sync, use AWS AppSync. Like Amazon Cognito Sync, AWS AppSync is a service for synchronizing application data across devices.

It enables user data like app preferences or game state to be synchronized. It also extends these capabilities by allowing multiple users to synchronize and collaborate in real time on shared data.

AWS AppSync simplifies application development by letting you create a flexible API to securely access, manipulate, and combine data from one or more data sources. AppSync is a managed service that uses GraphQL to make it easy for applications to get exactly the data they need.

• AWS AppSync - Get started by platform
• For existing customers of Cognito Sync, here is a reference to get started with Amazon Cognito Sync