AWS Serverless API Project Plan 2

AWS Serverless API Project Plan 🎯 Goal Convert your existing API into a fully serverless backend using: AWS Lambda Amazon API Gateway Amazon DynamoDB AWS IAM Deploy using: AWS SAM or Serverless Framework 📅 Week 3 — Foundations + First Serverless API Learn (Day 1–2) Focus only on what you need: What is AWS Lambda (event-driven functions) How API Gateway routes HTTP requests DynamoDB basics (tables, items, keys) IAM roles (what permissions Lambda needs) 👉 Key understanding: API Gateway → triggers Lambda → reads/writes DynamoDB Setup AWS Environment (Day 2) Create AWS account (if not already) Install: AWS CLI Node.js or Python runtime AWS SAM CLI (recommended) Configure CLI: aws configure Build First Minimal Serverless API (Day 3–4) Create: 1 Lambda function: helloAPI 1 API Gateway route: GET /hello Flow: Client → API Gateway → Lambda → Response Outcome: You successfully deploy your first serverless endpoint. Add DynamoDB (Day 5) Create table: Example: Table: Users Partition key: userId U