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Executble tutorial proposal (updated proposal!) #2596

Closed joseflindkvist closed 1 month ago

joseflindkvist commented 1 month ago

Assignment Proposal

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Simulating Serverless Architectures with LocalStack

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In this executable tutorial, we will demonstrate how to effectively set up LocalStack, a powerful cloud service emulator that allows developers to run and test AWS lambda applications locally, without needing an AWS account. LocalStack runs within a single container, enabling the simulation of AWS services without needing to connect to a remote cloud environment. This setup allows you to fully develop, test, and validate AWS applications locally, enhancing speed and flexibility in your development workflow. Using Killer Coda, we provide an interactive, hands-on experience, ensuring you can explore LocalStack’s capabilities efficiently.

Relevance LocalStack is important within the field of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as it offers a reliable and efficient way to simulate and validate cloud infrastructure locally. By emulating AWS services, LocalStack accelerates deployment processes, eliminates the need for managing permissions to real cloud accounts, and allows developers to work on different branches without impacting shared infrastructure. This makes it easy to isolate and test changes independently. Moreover, LocalStack enables developers to load complete stacks with all their configurations and data in seconds, bypassing the wait times associated with deploying resources to the cloud, leading to faster iteration cycles and improved development efficiency.

javierron commented 1 month ago

@joseflindkvist Hi, thanks for the proposal. This is very similar to https://github.com/KTH/devops-course/pull/2531, we cannot accept this topic.

joseflindkvist commented 1 month ago

Hello @javierron, we have updated our proposal with a new suggestion. Please let us know as soon as possible if it looks good or if you have any comments on it so we can get started :)

algomaster99 commented 1 month ago

@javierron the proposal looks good and it is original now. Merging!