🚀 Deploy Your Python App on AWS Lambda Like a Pro (Or At Least Look Like One)

Deploy Your Python App on AWS Lambda like a Boss (or at Least, Appear Like One)

Alright, so you’ve built a Python app. Congrats! You’re now officially a developer. Perhaps you even pulled together a Flask app and now feel like an unstoppable force of coding power. But the thing is, where’s your app? Just chillin’ on your local machine, just like that wallflower at prom? It’s time to take the leap into AWS Lambda and show off that app to the world, or at least to your mom and that one friend who pretends to care about your code.

Deploying Python apps on AWS Lambda sounds intimidating, right? Like trying to assemble IKEA furniture without instructions. Fear not! Today, you’ll learn to deploy your Python app with ease, and you’ll look like a tech wizard while doing it. (Bonus points if you dramatically adjust your glasses before typing.)

Step 1: AWS Lambda 101 — What Are We Even Doing?

AWS Lambda is the cool kid at AWS: It lets you run code without having to care about servers, which is pretty amazing since servers are needy. Think of it as Uber for your Python application: You write the code, and AWS handles the logistics of running the code. This magical service runs your code in response to events-such as…