AWS for Developers: SNS, SQS, and SWF

Learn how to use Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF), Simple Queue Service (SQS), and Simple Notification Service (SNS) to more effectively handle complex workflows.

Introduction

• Better workflows with SWF, SQS, and SNS
• What you should know

1. Simple Queue Service (SQS)

• Plan the refactoring
• Messaging queues
• Set up a test server
• Create an SQS queue
• Send a message to the queue
• Receive a message from the queue
• Challenge: Send and receive a SQS message
• Solution: Send and receive a SQS message

2. Simple Notification Service (SNS)

• What is SNS?
• Create an SNS topic
• Register subscribers
• Publish a message to an SNS topic
• Challenge: Add another subscriber
• Solution: Add another subscriber

3. Intro to Simple Workflow Service (SWF)

• What is SWF?
• SWF core concepts
• Step Functions versus SWF
• Challenge: Diagram a new workflow
• Solution: Diagram a new workflow

4. Hands-On with SWF

• Create a SWF domain
• Create an SWF workflow
• Create a SWF activity type
• Start a workflow execution
• SWF deciders
• SWF workers in PHP
• Testing the workflow
• Challenge: Create a new activity
• Solution: Create a new activity

Conclusion

• Next steps