Develop AWS Lambda functions locally and use AWS SAM to deploy them to your account

I think we can all agree on the fact that the current cloud buzzword is “serverless”.

This is also driven by the cloud vendors. That certainly stands out when you complete one of the AWS certification exams (small hint: when you need to choose between a server managed or serverless solution, you know what to pick :-)).

“AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers”. I’ve copied that definition from the AWS website but it perfectly describes what the service itself actually does. It lets you run code without worrying about…