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An Introduction to AWS Step Functions – Part 2

September 5, 2019January 22, 2019 by Eric VanWieren

In Part 1, I went through a whirlwind tour and left example code on how to create a Lambda function and a Step Function. The thing is, I did not explain how the code works. That is what this article is about. I am going to be using the same code from the previous post, but will be going through the code and explaining it. We shall see how well the formatting works. Jumping right into it. This is the …

Getting Started with AWS Step Functions Part I

September 5, 2019December 22, 2018 by Eric VanWieren

AWS came out with Step Functions a few years ago, and up until recently, I have not had the opportunity to dive in and give them a try. Yes, I could build my own pipeline or state machine, but the idea behind Step Functions is that it does most of the heavy lifting for you. That, and it ties into other AWS services. As such, I decided to dive into getting started, and looked at the demo options and walkthroughs …