Steven White gave a presentation on using Go (golang) to build serverless applications targeting AWS Lambda. He defined serverless computing and Function as a Service (FaaS). The presentation included setting up a Go project to target Lambda, integrating with AWS API Gateway, and using DynamoDB as a backend database for a simple REST API, with live coding demonstrations. Resources for further learning about serverless architectures using Go and AWS Lambda were also provided.

1. Go and Lambda: A Love Story
Steven White

2. Who am I?
● Senior Engineer with P&G Alchemy.
● Currently on the platform team.
● Used golang to varying degrees since 2014.
● We’re probably hiring.

3. Overview / Agenda
● What is serverless? (x2)
● Setup golang project targeting lambda*
● Integrate with AWS API Gateway*
● Use DynamoDB as a backend for simple REST
API (time permitting)*
* live coding, who knows?

4. Serverless (1)
● Function as a Service (FaaS)
● Basically, applications running in very short
lived, stateless containers.
● Typically invoked in an event driven manner.
● Offload management of compute resources to
your platform of choice.

5. Serverless (2)
● serverless.com
● “Serverless is your toolkit for deploying and
operating serverless architectures.”
● Excellent integration with multiple providers
(lambda, azure functions, etc.)

6. Demo

7. Resources
● http://serverless.com/
● https://github.com/apex/gateway
● https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin
● https://github.com/oxequa/realize
● Excellent article on ednsquare

8. Thanks! And Happy Independence Day!