What are AWS Step Functions? (and why you should love them)

AWS Step functions allow developers to offload application orchestration into a fully managed AWS service. This means instead of handling partial failure cases, retries, and other "non happy cases" as part of your application logic, you can modularize your code into "Steps" and let AWS Step Functions worry about the details. In this video, I give you a practical example of how you may solve a problem using traditional methods, followed by how you may achieve the same thing using Step Functions. Looking to get hands on experience building on AWS with a REAL project? Check out my course - The AWS Learning Accelerator! https://courses.beabetterdev.com/courses/aws-learning-accelerator 00:23 Step Function Summary 03:32 Step Function Explanation with an Example 08:14 Step Function ASL Example with Dynamo, Lambda, SNS 🎉SUPPORT BE A BETTER DEV🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/beabetterdev 📚 MY RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS📚 Clean Code - https://amzn.to/37T7xdP Clean Architecture - https://amzn.to/3sCEGCe Head First Design Patterns - https://amzn.to/37WXAMy Domain Driver Design - https://amzn.to/3aWSW2W Code Complete - https://amzn.to/3ksQDrB The Pragmatic Programmer - https://amzn.to/3uH4kaQ Algorithms - https://amzn.to/3syvyP5 Working Effectively with Legacy Code - https://amzn.to/3kvMza7 Refactoring - https://amzn.to/3r6FQ8U 🎙 MY RECORDING EQUIPMENT 🎙 Shure SM58 Microphone - https://amzn.to/3r5Hrf9 Behringer UM2 Audio Interface - https://amzn.to/2MuEllM XLR Cable - https://amzn.to/3uGyZFx Acoustic Sound Absorbing Foam Panels - https://amzn.to/3ktIrY6 Desk Microphone Mount - https://amzn.to/3qXMVIO Logitech C920s Webcam - https://amzn.to/303zGu9 Fujilm XS10 Camera - https://amzn.to/3uGa30E Fujifilm XF 35mm F2 Lens - https://amzn.to/3rentPe Neewer 2 Piece Studio Lights - https://amzn.to/3uyoa8p 💻 MY DESKTOP EQUIPMENT 💻 Dell 34 inch Ultrawide Monitor - https://amzn.to/2NJwph6 Autonomous ErgoChair 2 - https://bit.ly/2YzomEm Autonomous SmartDesk 2 Standing Desk - https://bit.ly/2YzomEm MX Master 3 Productivity Mouse - https://amzn.to/3aYwKVZ Das Keyboard Prime 13 MX Brown Mechanical- https://amzn.to/3uH6VBF Veikk A15 Drawing Tablet - https://amzn.to/3uBRWsN    References: Getting started with AWS: https://youtu.be/lTyqzyk86f8 ☁Topics covered include: - AWS Step Functions - Tasks - Retry Policy - Lambda Integration - Dynamo Integration - SNS Integration - Cost Structure - Scalability 🌎 Find me here: Twitter - https://twitter.com/BeABetterDevv Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beabetterdevv/ Patreon - Donations help fund additional content - https://www.patreon.com/beabetterdev #StepFunctions #AWS