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I just ended up using Heroku for an API instead. I was able to use the latest language version and microframework of my choice and still not worry about servers
by cdnsteve 11y ago
I just ended up using Heroku for an API instead. I was able to use the latest language version and microframework of my choice and still not worry about servers. Setup was way more intuitive than AWS. Testing locally was a known thing and easy. I found wrapping my head around testing API gateway to lambda to aws services a mess. Also all the IAM rules got confusing. I'll probably have another look after it has matured.
I've never used Heroku before and got a production ready API out the door in no time.
- nickspacek 11y agoHeroku is more like Elastic Beanstalk than Amazon API Gateway. API Gateway is more of a Backend As A Service as I understand it, like Parse.
- andrewmunsell 11y agoAPI Gateway doesn't really encompass Parse's scope, either. It's more of a router-as-a-service that allows you to forward HTTP requests to other AWS services, Lambdas, or your custom backend (+ do some stuff with IAM and auth, etc)