plugins VS serverless-graphql

Plugins

You can ease your pain by using plugins. Some are already built for the most common problems (check them out in the official Serverless Plugins Github repo), but there are always some project-specific issues that plugins can help you resolve. Fortunately, writing a plugin for the Serverless Framework is easier than you might think.

Before getting started, you need to install the plugin. This is hosted on the Serverless Plugins registry, so you can install this via the plugin install command which is introduced since v1.22.0.

service: functions useDotenv: true provider: name: openwhisk functions: autoai: handler: handler.autoai parameters: api_key: ${env:api_key} events: - http: POST /autoai # extend the framework using plugins listed here: # https://github.com/serverless/plugins plugins: - serverless-openwhisk - serverless-dotenv-plugin

The plugins are built by the Serverless community. Anyone can create a plugin. The Serverless Framework company lists plugins, but only a subset are "approved." This means we should be cognizant of what we are using.

Since then, the ecosystem has changed. Using the Serverless Framework makes deployment simpler. We released the managed Tracetest App making any serverless-based systems simpler to instrument and test. You can now test public-facing apps with no infra overhead!

We see some great results from using these in conjunction with frameworks such as SST or Serverless, and also some real spaghetti from people who organically proliferate 100’s of functions over time and lose track of how they relate to each other or how to update them safely across time and service. Buyer beware!

When we think about AWS serverless service, the first thing that comes to our mind is Lambda function. Yes, the quickest way to deploy this backend Express JS app to AWS is to deploy it as a Lambda function. The easiest way is using Serverless Framework.

Serverless Framework: https://www.serverless.com/

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In this example, we're using the serverless framework to quickly set up the Lambda function along with an API gateway for the entry point. The lambda function is a simple Koa REST API with a few functional endpoints.

Naturally, there are several options available to declare your cloud resources. The options with the most popularity are the CDK, AWS CloudFormation, SST, Serverless framework, Terraform, and AWS SAM. There are others, but when talking about Infrastructure as Code (IaC), these are the ones you hear about most often.

1 - Serverless + AWS CDK + Lift: An integration that amps up the traditional Serverless Framework with Lift's static frontend construct and CDK's robust infra definition.

It's a bit easier in Python if you use tools like https://www.serverless.com/. I'm not sure if Rust has something similar yet.

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