AWS Labs has a lot of open source code up on GitHub. This post looks at the AWS Lambda Powertools for Python. This project aims to help you get the most out of your AWS Lambda functions.
I call out a few more details in the Twitter thread below…
too many cool repos from @awscloud Labs, so we're 2x the 🧵's this week
let's look at AWS Lambda Powertools (Python). it's available at https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python
🧵☁️ #cloud #devops
@marknca tweeted at 15-Nov-2021, 18:02
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this thread is up unrolled at https://t.co/ACLd1UfFgv
the last thread on the @awscloud Deployment Framework is up at https://markn.ca/2021/aws-deployment-framework/
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@marknca tweeted at 15-Nov-2021, 18:02
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this project follows a set of tenets:
- AWS Lambda only
- ease the adoption of best practice
- keep it lean
- strive for backwards compatibility
- work backwards from the community
- be idiomatic
👆 those are solid
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@marknca tweeted at 15-Nov-2021, 18:02
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the goal of this project is really to help you get the most out of your Lambdas
this project deploys as a layer (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-layers.html), making it super simple to use
the main areas of help:
- tracing
- logging
- metrics
- event handling
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@marknca tweeted at 15-Nov-2021, 18:02
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these are areas that come up time & time again when you're dealing with #serverless functions. this project does the heavy lifting here, so that you don't need to re-invent the wheel << very handy
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@marknca tweeted at 15-Nov-2021, 18:02
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there's also some there utilities that are starting to make their way towards release. the feature flag utility is of particular interest, keep your eye on it
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@marknca tweeted at 15-Nov-2021, 18:02
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all-in-all, if you're using AWS Lambda (& who isn't?), the power tools can really help. this repo is for Python but there's a project for Java too
full docs at https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-python/latest/
/🧵☁️ #cloud #devops
@marknca tweeted at 15-Nov-2021, 18:02
