Providers of serverless compute services, such as AWS Lambda, provide cloud-based server software and hardware management on a pay-as-you-use basis, lifting this burden from the shoulders of developers.

In this course, you'll explore the benefits of the serverless compute model and how it is implemented on AWS. You'll examine the core components of AWS Lambda, such as functions, event triggers, versions, and aliases, examining best practices for working with these. Next, you'll learn how to create, configure, and manage Lambda functions using the AWS Management Console. You'll learn how to configure and test AWS Lambda logging and monitoring and how to use AWS CloudFormation and AWS X-Ray to configure function monitoring. Finally, you'll learn how to publish AWS Lambda function versions and aliases, and how to work with AWS Lambda function external dependencies.