How to use AWS cloud for software development?

One of the best developer tools on the market is Amazon Web Services (AWS). With the help of this service ecosystem, you can host code, build, test, and develop applications. How can you use AWS in software development? Let’s explore!

Programming languages

AWS cloud supports each and every existing programming language there is, so you can deploy an app in your preferred language and host it on the cloud whenever there’s a need. However, be careful with such services as

APIs

APIs are an essential part of any application because they tend to glue apps to services. With the help of the cloud API, your app can interact with the service. For instance, you can store or move various app data with Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3). But this action is mainly done through the service API. See the picture below.

Networking

If you want to deploy an app to the cloud it is possible to do it using a cloud load balancer. The latter accepts the inbound internet traffic and directs it to the internal apps and services that exist in your cloud environment. And, also, directs the outbound traffic to the place it should be. Using a cloud load balancer is optional, but it is beneficial for the app’s performance and security as it separates the very app from the internet easily.

VPN

If there is a need to configure resources in the cloud with a private network, AWS VPN is a good choice for this type of networking. Mostly, moving data outside of the AWS cloud region or within AWS-supported regions requires additional fees. And, if you have to move a lot of data, you will have to pay a lot.

Cloud monitoring

To track the app’s performance it is obligatory to monitor it with the help of various metrics. Some of the cloud services generate reports automatically. However, this monitoring varies based on the type of data. On-premises metrics generation requires a more complex process.

With AWS services, even cloud monitoring can be easy. For this reason, AWS has a CloudWatch tool. This monitoring tool will help in-app monitoring as long as it won’t be heavy. For deeper monitoring, CloudWatch isn’t good enough.

Cloud security

AWS also has various security services for you to use. For example, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), which is a perfect service of authentication. This security service monitors users and apps accessing the cloud and the ones having no permission are being restricted.

AWS can encrypt data stored within the cloud. However, this has to be done manually.

To ensure security is 100% met, AWS has a monitoring tool like CloudTail that monitors security aspects and alarms about issues if any. The same AWS services include Palo Alto Prisma Cloud and Dome9 Arc.

The best way to know which security compliance belongs to developers and which to users it is vital to know the AWS shared responsibility model.

AWS services and tools for developers

• • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
  • Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
  • Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Auto Scaling