Sunday, April 27

Projects

AWS Amplify Console + Route 53 + Git :  Almost Magic.
AWS Services, Projects, Web Development

AWS Amplify Console + Route 53 + Git : Almost Magic.

Amplify This! Over the last month or so I have been playing around with AWS Amplify - I am hooked. What is this magic you ask? Well it is simple CI/CD that makes deploying a website quick and basically painless - at least if you are creating a static simple HTML site. We get a little more complexity when we add the back end, but even then it is pretty much magic in a box. What do you need? An AWS Account, a Github account, a domain that is registered on AWS Route 53 and some basic HTML knowledge. Setting up a quick Git Repository. Log into your github account - https://github.com/loginClick on the "New" repository buttonType in a name, you can set it public or private, initialize it how you like.Clone to your local machine, open up the directory.Go into your local c...
AWS Amplify Console Project Part 1.
Projects

AWS Amplify Console Project Part 1.

This week's project is a new little website created using AWS's Amplify service. For the most part I am following along with this Project Tutorial. This project uses HTML, CSS and Javascript to build a slim website that access various AWS services. I decided to create a book inventory tool that allows a group or individual to manage their personal library and share with people in their group. The Use Case: Members of a community group want to be able to share books. They have a small collection of books they would like to loan to their members, they also have members who would be willing to lend, sell, or give books to other members. The members need to be able to create an initial inventory of the books on-hand and publish this information to members. They will need to ...