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An Journey into automating workflows with AWS Step Functions for beginners
What are AWS Step Functions?
Imagine you have a complex task to do, like planning a big event. This task involves a lot of smaller tasks like sending invitations, arranging catering, and setting up the venue. Each of these smaller tasks needs to be done in a specific order, and some can only start after others are finished. AWS Step Functions is like a great event planner for your computer programs. It helps you manage and organize these smaller tasks, making sure they are done in the right order and way.
In the world of AWS (Amazon Web Services), there are many services, like sending emails (Amazon SNS), storing data (Amazon DynamoDB), or running short functions (AWS Lambda). Step Functions is a service that lets you coordinate these various AWS services. It’s serverless, which means you don’t have to worry about managing servers; AWS handles that for you. You just focus on defining the tasks and their order.
Key Concepts and Terminology
Workflow: Think of a workflow like a recipe for a cake. It’s a set of instructions (or steps) you need to follow to complete a task. In AWS Step Functions, a workflow is a series of steps that…
