AWS Developer Tools Blog

Introducing the Aws::Record Developer Preview

We are happy to announce that the aws-record gem is now in Developer Preview and available for you to try. What Is Aws::Record? In version 1 of the AWS SDK for Ruby, the AWS::Record class provided a data mapping abstraction over HAQM DynamoDB operations. As version 2 of the AWS SDK for Ruby was being […]

Parallelizing Large Uploads for Speed and Reliability

As Big Data grows in popularity, it becomes more important to move large data sets to and from HAQM S3. You can improve the speed of uploads by parallelizing them. You can break an individual file into multiple parts and upload those parts in parallel by setting the following in the AWS SDK for Java: […]

Using CMake Exports with the AWS SDK for C++

This is our very first C++ blog post for the AWS Developer blog. There will be more to come. We are excited to receive and share feedback with the C++ community. This first post will start where most projects start, with the building of a simple program. Building an application in C++ can be a […]

Exploring ASP.NET Core Part 1: Deploying from GitHub

ASP.NET Core, formally ASP.NET 5, is a platform that offers lots of possibilities for deploying .NET applications. This series of posts will explore options for deploying ASP.NET applications on AWS. What Is ASP.NET Core? ASP.NET Core is the new open-source, cross-platform, and modularized implementation of ASP.NET. It is currently under development, so expect future posts […]

Deploying Java Applications on Elastic Beanstalk from Maven

The Beanstalker open source project now supports Java SE application development and deployment directly to AWS Elastic Beanstalk using the Maven archetype elasticbeanstalk-javase-archetype. With just a few commands in a terminal, you can create and deploy a Java SE application. This blog post provides step-by-step instructions for using this archetype. First, in the terminal, type the mvn archetype:generate command. Use elasticbeanstalk as the filter, choose elasticbeanstalk-javase-archetype […]

Event-driven architecture using Scala, Docker, HAQM Kinesis Firehose, and the AWS SDK for Java (Part 1)

The key to developing a highly scalable architecture is to decouple functional parts of an application. In the context of an event-driven architecture, those functional parts are single-purpose event processing components (“microservices”). In this blog post, we will show you how to build a microservice using Scala, Akka, Scalatra, the AWS SDK for Java, and Docker. […]

Migrating to Boto3

Boto3, the latest version of the AWS SDK for Python, was released earlier this year. Since its release, we’ve seen more and more customers migrating to the latest major version of Boto. Boto3 provides many significant improvements over Boto: Faster availability of API updates and consistency in exposed interfaces Collections that provide an iterable interface […]

Welcome to the AWS Developer Blog for Python

Hi everyone! Welcome to the AWS Developer Blog for Python. I’m Jordon Phillips, and I work on the AWS SDK for Python. This blog will be the place to go for information about: Tips and tricks for using the AWS SDK for Python New feature announcements Deep dives into AWS SDK for Python features Guest […]