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I really wish someone would re-write all of AWS documentation and make everything simpler to understand. I'd like to use AWS but the documentation as-is would t
by thisismyhnuser 10y ago
I really wish someone would re-write all of AWS documentation and make everything simpler to understand. I'd like to use AWS but the documentation as-is would take hours to read.
- pg_is_a_butt 10y agoi've had to do large complex integrations with tons of cloud service providers... AWS has way better docs than most. i can assure you it would take more than a few hours to deal with the issues that would come up if they left any of the details out, and you had to figure them out the hard way while they bit you in the ass. twilio is another example of good docs.
- true_religion 10y agoAWS docs, at least with S3, are pretty rigorous which makes implementing an S3 client directly from the documentation possible. I'm sure they expect you to use a client written in your language of choice, not actually send queries to the API manually.
- fideloper 10y agoWithin each SDK, I find their API relatively easy to use. Each method is pretty well documented (certainly not perfectly). For the most part they are created via code generation (to my knowledge), which while not necessarily making for the best user-friendly API (Although it's not bad), does make it fairly consistent in terms of groking how to accomplish automating a task.
- michaelbuckbee 10y agoIt's not everything - just an overview - but you might find this helpful: https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english
- kchoudhu 10y agoHas this been edited since it was originally posted? I recall reading something about setting money on fire in the one version back in the day...
- siddhant 10y agoI thought the documentation is pretty well written and comprehensive. Probably the reason why it appears complicated is just because of the nature (and amount) of their services.