Free AWS Lambda Course: From Novice to Pro

FAQs

• What is AWS Lambda?

  AWS Lambda is a serverless computing service that executes your code in response to events and maintains resources automatically. Just upload your code, and Lambda takes care of everything required to run and scale your code with high availability. You pay only for the compute time consumed—no servers to manage!

• What are the typical use cases for AWS Lambda?

  Some examples of Amazon Lambda use cases include:

  • Running code in response to data uploads in S3 

  • Processing streams of data from services like Kinesis  

  • Building REST APIs and backend services with API Gateway triggers

  • Running cron jobs and workflows with scheduled triggers

  • Integrating server-side logic into web apps and mobile apps

  • Running inference code for machine learning models

• How long can I access the course?

  You get 90 days access to the AWS SageMaker course content, including video lectures, notebooks, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

• How difficult is this course?

  The course is for beginners with no prior AWS knowledge. It gradually moves from basic to more advanced integrations in later sections. Anyone comfortable with basic programming concepts can complete the course and start building real-world apps.

• When can I expect to receive my certificate?

  Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded with the course completion certificate powered by AWS from SkillUp. This certificate will be delivered to you via email within 6 hours of course completion.

• How difficult is this course?

  The course is for beginners with no prior AWS knowledge. It gradually moves from basic to more advanced integrations in later sections. Anyone comfortable with basic programming concepts can complete the course and start building real-world apps.

• What are the prerequisites to learning this free course on AWS Lambda?

  With Lambda, you write functions that get triggered based on an event, like changes in data, API calls, schedules, etc. Lambda runs the function by spinning up a container to execute the code. It can handle any traffic spikes seamlessly by running as many parallel executions as needed.