arc.codes VS deno-mixed-runtimes

I'm sure you noticed that we only changed the site's background color when we toggle between light and dark mode. The next step would be to extract all of the colors used on the site into CSS variables. Then when we toggle between color modes, the entire site updates accordingly. We'll leave that up to you to figure out, but if you want a hint, check out what we did over on the arc.codes website.

This all is may not be the optimal option for some organisations. The BBC has gone down this route and for more inspiration, McDonald pointed to resources Begin to explore the option of FWA suitability.

[00:00:00] I'm Simon MacDonald the head of developer experience at Begin. And this is my super out of date website.

However, that is not the end of the story. Since then, many services have improved on AWS Lambda's model in ways like ease of use and performance. The first notable FaaS provider was Vercel (ZEIT Now at the time), which was released in April of 2016 and was a lot simpler to use than Lambda. Another selling point was that it integrated well with Next.js, a React framework made by Vercel. Other, newer services also try to be a lot easier, like Begin, although Vercel is still the most popular in that group.

TLDR: tutorial for setting up webhook based serverless AWS apps with Begin. all without managing AWS projects, IAM roles, or connecting EventBridge to a series of Lambdas.

Instead, we'll make it even easier and deploy it to Begin.com. First, push the Arc project to a new GitHub repository. Then head to Begin.com (and make an account if needed) to create a new app.

Begin.com has a generous free tier, so users do not have to worry about costs. But for those on the paid tier, we will soon make this feature available to all users of Begin. We hope that AWS will build this into the platform in a more usable way. Until then, we hope to relieve some of the fear of unexpected bills. If you want to build scalable web apps with Begin sign up for a free account today.

In this post, we will progressively enhance our personal website template to add dark mode functionality. If you don't already have a website deployed via Begin follow our personal website tutorial to deploy the template in 5 minutes, then come back here and get ready to enhance.

To create a Begin account, simply click the Login button on the Begin home page, authorize it with GitHub, and pick a username. That's it!

The final step is to deploy this application on Begin. Begin is the easiest way to deploy your Architect projects to live AWS infrastructure. To do this, create a free Begin account by going to https://begin.com and using your GitHub account to log in. Create a new app and associate it with this repo. Begin will then create hooks to your repo and deploy the app to a staging environment on every git push.