Serverless Applications: Debugging & Monitoring AWS Serverless Implementations

IN THIS COURSE

• 1.  Course Overview
  1m 56s
  This course explores prominent application testing mechanisms; the benefits and types of API testing; the different types of tests that can be performed on cloud applications, APIs, and services; and the benefits, process, and tools to implement automated testing. FREE ACCESS
• 2.  Application Testing Mechanisms
  8m 25s
  This video introduces what application testing is and reviews various application testing mechanisms. It then walks through the life cycle of application testing stages: Design, Develop, Test, and Tune. It next discusses common application testing methodologies and strategies. FREE ACCESS
• 3.  API Testing and Its Benefits
  9m 58s
  This video explores the concept of API testing, its benefits, and the various types of API testing that we can perform to provide bug free APIs. It examines benefits that we can realize by testing our APIs and reviews various API performance test types. FREE ACCESS
• 4.  The Cloud Testing Approach
  7m 39s
  In this video, we discuss the approach of cloud testing, and the various types of tests that can be performed on cloud applications, APIs, and services. We also discuss some key goals of cloud testing, and explore different types of cloud environments wherein we can perform cloud testing. FREE ACCESS
• 5.  The Challenges of Cloud Testing
  9m 51s
  In this video, we will explore the challenges that we face while testing cloud applications along with the role of mock and dummy data in testing APIs. To conclude this video, we explore a scenario that tests an API that is deployed in the cloud. FREE ACCESS
• 6.  Testing Strategies for Local and Cloud Environments
  13m 3s
  In this video, we discuss the various testing strategies that can be used in local and cloud environments. We explore some prominent TaaS providers, and discuss the distinction between a local testing environment and a cloud testing environment. FREE ACCESS
• 7.  Automated Testing and its Benefits
  11m 8s
  In this video, we discuss the benefits and process to implement automated testing, along with the prominent tools and frameworks that can be used to implement automated testing. We also explore the different types of frameworks that are used in automation software testing. FREE ACCESS
• 8.  Testing Serverless Using AWS SAM
  5m 36s
  In this video, we use the command prompt to demonstrate how to work with AWS SAM to test serverless applications. As a prerequisite for this demonstration, we need to have a valid AWS account and Python installed. FREE ACCESS
• 9.  Integration Testing Using AWS SAM
  4m 6s
  In this video, we perform integration tests against the local Lambda endpoint via AWS SAM. We use the AWS SAM CLI to show how to author automated integration tests, which we then run against local Lambda functions, before we deploy them to the AWS Cloud. FREE ACCESS
• 10.  Generating Event Payloads for AWS Services
  3m 51s
  See how to generate and customize event payloads for several AWS services, such as Amazon S3, AWS cloud formation, and API gateway. Then watch how to generate and customize an event that S3 will send to the Lambda function, whenever a new object is uploaded. FREE ACCESS
• 11.  Debugging Node.js Serverless Applications
  6m 33s
  In this video, we demonstrate how to test and debug node JS serverless applications locally, via the AWS toolkit for Visual Studio Code, and SAM CLI. Watch how to quickly debug and test a Lambda function with SAM CLI in Visual Studio Code. FREE ACCESS
• 12.  AWS Services for Monitoring
  9m 53s
  Review prominent AWS services that can be used to monitor AWS applications, such as AWS CloudWatch, Certificate Manager, and the Amazon EC2 dashboard. Also explore some third party tools to monitor AWS resources, such as NetApp Cloud Insights, SolarWinds AppOptics, Zabbix, and Weave Scope. FREE ACCESS
• 13.  Managing Logs Using AWS SAM CLI
  5m 22s
  In this video, we work with AWS SAM CLI commands to fetch, tail, filter, and highlight errors of Lambda functions. See how to configure prerequisites to build, test, and publish serverless applications to the AWS serverless application repository, and then fetch and filter logs to track changes. FREE ACCESS
• 14.  The Lambda Function Console
  6m 13s
  In this video, we discuss the role that the AWS Lambda console plays to monitor AWS Lambda functions, and discuss the different types of metrics that are available in the Amazon CloudWatch console, such as invocation, concurrency, and IteratorAge metrics. FREE ACCESS
• 15.  Using the Lambda Console's Monitoring Dashboard
  3m 21s
  In this video, we demonstrate how to use AWS Lambda console's monitoring dashboard to monitor AWS Lambda functions and applications, and see how to visualize metrics, log entries, and visualize traces via AWS Lambda console's monitoring dashboard. FREE ACCESS
• 16.  Course Summary
  1m 58s
  In this course, you explored prominent application testing mechanisms; the benefits and types of API testing; the different types of tests that can be performed on cloud applications, APIs, and services; and the benefits, process, and tools to implement automated testing. FREE ACCESS