The best way to understand AWS Step Function is to think about some typical use cases and how having a workflow can help.

A first-hand, step-by-step look at the ease and simplicity of Amazon's "function as a service" platform Why would a developer use AWS Lambda? In a word, simplicity. AWS Lambda—and other event ...

Datadog, Inc., the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced support for distributed tracing for AWS Step Functions via AWS X-Ray. “Serverless architectures have ...

AWS Step Functions now offers a distributed map Step Functions is a visual workflow service for developers, and the new map will extend support for large-scale parallel workloads.

Monitoring AWS Step Functions is included as part of Datadog Serverless Monitoring, which provides engineering teams with end-to-end visibility across their serverless infrastructure by bringing ...

While I focus on AWS Lambda here, the same general principles will apply to using Microsoft Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions, IBM Cloud Functions, Oracle Functions, and other FaaS platforms.

AWS IoT 1-Click extends this capability to any developers, so long as it is on a supported device. To use the new feature, you need to enter your existing account information.