AWS recently expanded support for manipulating input and output data by adding 14 new intrinsic functions for AWS Step Functions to simplify data processing, reduce calls to downstream services, and w ...

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AWS recently announced a distributed map for Step Functions, a solution for large-scale parallel data processing. Optimized for S3, the new feature of the AWS orchestration service targets ...

The interest is why it makes sense for AWS to focus on bringing new features to Lambda, like a new Step Functions service. It lets users chain together different Lambda functions into a state machine.

Its new support for AWS Lambda functions adds continual, automated vulnerability assessments for serverless compute workloads, according to AWS’ announcement.

AWS IoT 1-Click extends this capability to any developers, so long as it is on a supported device. To use the new feature, you need to enter your existing account information.

While I focus on AWS Lambda here, the same general principles will apply to using Microsoft Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions, IBM Cloud Functions, Oracle Functions, and other FaaS platforms.

Learn how to use .NET Core and the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio to build serverless functions and deploy them to AWS Lambda in the Amazon cloud.