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CDK Serverless is a tool suite created by Thorsten Hoeger which facilitate the use of the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) in serverless architectures. It provides project management features to configure your TypeScript CDK app and also higher-level (L3) constructs for different APIs and resources needed for serverless applications. Additionally, it leverages utility libraries to write Lambda functions and do live updates to Lambda function code during development.

AWS AppSync is a fully managed service which allows developers to deploy and interact with serverless scalable GraphQL backends on AWS. AppSync uses security best practices that AWS has developed operating large systems at scale in the cloud, with built-in DDoS protection in all its GraphQL API endpoints leveraging the infrastructure, technologies, and techniques that AWS uses for many other services. Amplify is a platform and framework used to build secure and scalable applications in the cloud with enhanced development velocity. This repo by Danilo Poccia accompanies a session he gave to dive into AppSync security. It covers AppSync’s security features and describes when and how to use them for your own applications.

Aleksandar Simovic, Slobodan Stojanovic and Gojko Adzic have just announced their forthcoming book on how to build and operate responsive and collaborative apps at scale with AWS AppSync and GraphQL. The book is scheduled for release in Q3 of 2021 and will cover a wide range of topics including working with persisted data, working with web clients, and more. Check out the table of contents and sign up to be notified of its release.