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Introduction to Containerization Using Docker
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Wei-Meng explains how Docker Engine replaces virtual machines with containers to host the apps and libraries you need, completely independent of which OS you’re using. Docker is written to run natively on the Linux platform. If you're using Windows or Mac OS, Docker creates a Linux virtual machine, which itself hosts the containers.
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Full Stack Cloud Development with AWS Amplify
Get started developing for AWS using Amplify and React to build a simple photo application. Create back-end services using Amazon Cognito, a managed identity service, add storage, and use the GraphQL API to deploy. then use Amplify to build the front end.
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Docker for Developers
Sahil Malik explores the transformative power of Docker as a lightweight containerization tool, emphasizing its benefits for developers navigating complex environments and dependencies. He contrasts Docker's efficiency and portability with traditional virtualization, highlighting its ability to package applications and dependencies into isolated containers that run seamlessly across platforms. Malik demonstrates how Docker simplifies development workflows, enables reliable environment snapshots, and integrates effectively with modern tools like Visual Studio Code. By leveraging Docker, developers gain agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency, making it an indispensable asset in today's cross-platform and cloud-centric landscape.
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Building an Alexa Skill with AWS Lambda
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Your household will never be the same after you get Alexa. Chris shows you how to help her understand your requests by building a small trivia game.
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Introduction to IoT Using the Raspberry Pi
Special tools are necessary to make the switch from clunky desktops to fluid mobile apps, and if you want to give your mobile device (or your clients’) access to the Internet of Things (IoT), you need to know about them. Wei-Meng and Clarence have done the hard part of researching it, and they recommend Raspberry Pi.
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Node.js Best Practices
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You might have heard about Node.js and always wanted to try it. With Ben’s guidance, you can get a simple Node.js app up and running, and learn about some other useful tools as you go.
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Hosted Solutions
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Ben Coe gives us tips on planning an engineering project when you’re starting with a blank slate. He starts with hosting options, addresses scaling, and looks at tools like Heroku, Amazon’s Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2), and the Twelve-Factor App Manifesto.
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Smartassets.io: Amazon Web Services by Example
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My first experience with AWS was building a prototype for a website called Attachments.me. My friend Jesse Miller and I built the site over several weekends, and hosted it on a single EC2 instance. Two years, dozens of EC2 instances, and hundreds of thousands of users later, we’re still on AWS.