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AWS Powered E-commerce Application: A Guided Tour
Delve into an AWS Powered E-commerce application's architecture, design, service configurations, and best practices. A precursor to the advanced observable access to the live AWS environment powering the application, offering a sneak peek into the deeper exploration ahead.
This guide introduces the architectural principles, design strategies, and essential components needed to create a robust e-commerce application on AWS, offering insights into building, deploying, and managing production-grade applications.
Who Does It Help?
This content is designed to help beginners in cloud and AWS, cloud engineers, cloud security architects, solution architects, DevOps engineers, developers, and IT professionals who want to learn about designing, deploying, and managing production-grade applications on AWS. Using an e-commerce application as a reference, the guide provides a practical context for understanding the principles and tools needed for robust application development.
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Guide Content
E-commerce Application Architecture on AWS
Explore the essential components of an e-commerce application architecture and how AWS services support each feature. We’ll cover core design patterns, service integrations, and an overview of the infrastructure that powers a fully functional e-commerce platform.
AWS Services Powering the E-commerce Application
Gain insight into the AWS services that power an e-commerce application, exploring each service's role and the strategic decisions behind its selection. It covers the essential AWS services across compute, storage, databases, and networking. It focuses on why each was chosen, how it supports specific e-commerce functionality, and the configuration best practices that ensure optimal performance, scalability, and security.
AWS Well-Architected Framework in Action
Discover how the AWS Well-Architected Framework supports robust application design. This section covers best practices for each of the five pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Cost Optimization.
CI/CD Pipeline for Application Deployment
CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment): Discover the design of a CI/CD pipeline crafted to streamline deployment and reduce manual work. This content dives into services like AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy, emphasizing strategies for automated testing, smooth source control integration, and continuous deployment.
Automated Testing and Quality Gates: Explore how automated testing is embedded within the CI/CD pipeline to detect issues early. This section covers unit, integration, functional testing, and quality gates for static code analysis and security scanning. These elements work together to enhance application reliability and maintain rigorous security standards.
Service Breakdown for Key Features
Product Search: Configure Amazon OpenSearch for fast product search capabilities.
Product Recommendations: Set up Amazon Personalize and Lambda functions to deliver recommendations based on user behavior.
Wishlist Management: Use DynamoDB and API Gateway for secure and scalable wishlist storage.
User Reviews: Implement review storage using DynamoDB and S3 for image hosting.
Shopping Cart Operations: Ensure cart interactions with DynamoDB for catalog details and Amazon RDS for real-time inventory validation.
Data Pipelines and Analytics
Data Pipelines: Explore the design of data pipelines using AWS Glue and Amazon Kinesis, transforming data from raw to structured formats to support reporting and analysis.
Data Analytics: Explore Amazon Redshift and Amazon QuickSight for data analysis and visualization. This module analyzes trends, user behavior, and key metrics that can drive decision-making and improve the customer experience.
Monitoring, Observability, and Security Best Practices
Discover the fundamentals of monitoring and observability.
AWS Powered E-commerce Application: A Guided Tour
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