Better local development for #serverless Functions
▻https://hackernoon.com/better-local-development-for-serverless-functions-b96b5a4cfa8f?source=rs
Lambda is a terrific piece of kit for all the benefits listed on the #aws product page and Serverless is a very useful framework for developing Lambda functions. However, developing serverless applications locally is a total pain if what you’re solving isn’t totally trivial.When things get complicated and your Lambda functions start to integrate with other AWS services, things really begin to break down. There are a few things that look like silver-bullets, I’ll share them here and explain why they didn’t work for me, then give you a working example that I myself struggled to find(hence me writing this).LocalstackLocalstack is definitely the biggest attempt silver bullet here. Basically emulate a huge chunk of AWS locally and connect your serverless functions into that. Why I didn’t use (...)