Episode 80
As mentioned in the previous Episode, about messaging on AWS, today we are going to look into the application services group. Not so long ago, the group consisted of messaging stuff too, but it was split into two as the number of services grew.
The group name is an umbrella term for services designed to work closely with web applications hosted on AWS or elsewhere. It’s not very precise, since basically all AWS services can be used from web applications via rest api, SDK or even CLI, but let’s live with that. Without further ado, let’s have a look at Simple Workflow Service, Elastic Transcoder, API Gateway and Step Functions.
Simple Workflow Service
AWS SWF is a task coordinator and state tracker, suitable for running long and multi-part workflows with parallel or sequential steps. The acronym is deceiving, since it doesn’t follow typical Read the rest of this entry »
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