Welcome to the next module in Phase 2: Add Complexity in the AWS Developer Learning Plan. Your API now stores files in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), caches data with Amazon ElastiCache, and implements optimized Lambda functions with resilience patterns. However, your API still operates synchronously - customers wait while your system processes emails, updates inventory, and sends notifications. This blocking behavior creates poor user experience and limits your system's ability to h
AWS Dev - Adding Asynchronous Processing
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AWS Dev - Adding Asynchronous Processing
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2 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Implement Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queues for reliable background processing of orders, payments, and inventory updates
Configure Amazon EventBridge rules for cross-service event routing based on content and patterns
Apply asynchronous patterns that decouple services and improve system scalability and reliability
Skills you'll gain
- Software Engineering
- Event-Driven Programming
- Application Development
- Cloud-Native Computing
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Web Services
- Back-End Web Development
- Cloud Engineering
- Cloud Computing
- Command-Line Interface
- DevOps
- Serverless Computing
- Cloud Development
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Software Development
- Restful API
- Software Development Life Cycle
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Taught in English
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