AWS for Developers: Step Functions

Learn how to use AWS Step Functions to quickly design and run serverless workflows that allow you to coordinate multiple AWS services.

Introduction

• Why do you need Step Functions?
• Base knowledge

1. Step Functions Use Cases

• Step Functions use criteria
• Implementing AWS Step Functions

2. States and Tasks

• State machine concepts
• Step Functions state types
• Step Functions tasks
• Challenge: Designing your state machine
• Solution: Designing your state machine

3. Input, Output, and Parameters

• Lambda permissions for Step Functions
• Parsing parameters between transitions
• Static JSON parameters for Step Functions
• Challenge: Pass parameters between Lambdas
• Solution: Pass parameters between Lambdas

4. Error Handling

• Standard error names for Step Functions
• Lambda function timeouts
• Catching errors and handling retries
• Challenge: Error handling
• Solution: Error handling

5. Running Your Project

• State machine execution
• Logging and monitoring Step Functions
• Testing your state machine

Conclusion

• Step Functions best practices
• Next steps