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AWS Amplify – A declarative library for application development

95 points by appwiz 9y ago

cvburgess 9y ago
We tried to use AWS mobile metrics in a project about a year ago and while it was easy to configure, the data was woefully limited compared to other mobile analytics solutions. Does anyone have recent experience that suggests its improved? Also, what is the Authenticator? I couldn't find much with a cursory glance, just docs on the HOC.
- mooreds 9y ago
  I think Authenticator leverages cognito from browsing the developer docs.
- nslog 9y ago
  https://github.com/aws/aws-amplify/blob/master/media/authentication_guide.md#4-compose-authenticator https://github.com/aws/aws-amplify/blob/master/media/authent... It's an easy way to build out your own UX for authentication flows and customize the experience.
zebraflask 9y ago
This looks very useful! Adding user authentication through the regular JS web SDK can be a pain.
patwolf 9y ago
We've been integrating more and more Firebase into our projects. It's saved a lot of time since Firebase provides both native and web implementations of many of the services that we would otherwise waste time implementing ourselves, such as auth, storage, analytics, and messaging. The funny thing is that it's been sort of a gateway drug into the Google Cloud Platform. After dipping your toe into the Firebase Realtime Database, you start using Firebase Cloud Functions and Firebase Storage, which steers you toward Google Cloud Functions and Google Cloud Storage. Before you know it you've switched entirely from AWS to GCP AWS really needs to step up their game in this area to compete with GCP. Hopefully this project is a start.
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- jinjin2 9y ago
  Yes, AWS really sucks for mobile dev right now. Their other services are great but I would really wish they had something like Firebase (or even better, Realm).
- stefano 9y ago
  Aren't you worried about vendor lock-in?
  - needcaffeine 9y ago
    I feel that worrying about that is itself premature optimization. Most startups never get to a point where vendor lock-in is an issue.
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- forkLding 9y ago
  Yea, firebase is surprisingly useful and honestly can't live without it

95 points by appwiz 9y ago

We tried to use AWS mobile metrics in a project about a year ago and while it was easy to configure, the data was woefully limited compared to other mobile analytics solutions. Does anyone have recent experience that suggests its improved? Also, what is the Authenticator? I couldn't find much with a cursory glance, just docs on the HOC.

mooreds 9y ago
I think Authenticator leverages cognito from browsing the developer docs.
nslog 9y ago
https://github.com/aws/aws-amplify/blob/master/media/authentication_guide.md#4-compose-authenticator https://github.com/aws/aws-amplify/blob/master/media/authent... It's an easy way to build out your own UX for authentication flows and customize the experience.

zebraflask 9y ago

This looks very useful! Adding user authentication through the regular JS web SDK can be a pain.

patwolf 9y ago

We've been integrating more and more Firebase into our projects. It's saved a lot of time since Firebase provides both native and web implementations of many of the services that we would otherwise waste time implementing ourselves, such as auth, storage, analytics, and messaging. The funny thing is that it's been sort of a gateway drug into the Google Cloud Platform. After dipping your toe into the Firebase Realtime Database, you start using Firebase Cloud Functions and Firebase Storage, which steers you toward Google Cloud Functions and Google Cloud Storage. Before you know it you've switched entirely from AWS to GCP AWS really needs to step up their game in this area to compete with GCP. Hopefully this project is a start.

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jinjin2 9y ago
Yes, AWS really sucks for mobile dev right now. Their other services are great but I would really wish they had something like Firebase (or even better, Realm).
stefano 9y ago
Aren't you worried about vendor lock-in?
- needcaffeine 9y ago
  I feel that worrying about that is itself premature optimization. Most startups never get to a point where vendor lock-in is an issue.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
forkLding 9y ago
Yea, firebase is surprisingly useful and honestly can't live without it