3 AWS Services To Learn as a React Developer
The cloud is the future. More and more companies are migrating their infrastructure to the cloud, so developers who are familiar with cloud technologies are high in demand!
AWS is the biggest player in the cloud market. As such, it makes total sense to start with AWS.
But where do you start? AWS has over 170 services.
Today, I will tell you about the three most relevant services to React developers.
Main Ingredients
Any modern application has some basic features:
Storage
Database
Authentication
Hosting
In this article, we will see which AWS services can help us to implement these features. They should be the top priorities while learning AWS as a React developer.
1. S3 (Simple Storage Service)
According to the documentation:
“Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.”
Knowledge of S3 is absolutely necessary for a frontend developer because many companies nowadays are taking advantage of this cheap and easy-to-use service!
There are two main use cases for AWS S3.
Storage
Say you are building an e-commerce platform. You need to store a lot of images. Where do you store them?
Or maybe you have a small application where you work with very large JSON datasets that are not practical to store on any database.
AWS S3 is a perfect fit for these use cases. Some key advantages:
Cheaper
Secure
Highly available
Here is a resource for you to get started:
Hosting
Any single-page application (SPA) generates some static files after the build. That means you can just access those files to access the website.
This is why AWS S3 is an excellent choice for you. You just upload the files to the bucket and access the URL. It’s that simple. It also has some other advantages:
HTTPS by default
Easy integration with Route53
Easy support for CI/CD pipeline
Connecting to CDN is simple
These are the reasons why you should host your application on S3. Here is a resource to get you started:
https://javascript.plainenglish.io/how-to-upload-files-to-aws-s3-in-react-591e533d615e
This is why I think AWS S3 is the top service to learn as a React developer!
2. DynamoDB
According to the documentation:
“Amazon DynamoDB is a key-value and document database that delivers single-digit millisecond performance at any scale.”
It’s very popular among companies for a few reasons:
Fast and easy to use
Flexible data structure
Highly scalable
Predictable performance
So if you are a pure frontend developer but want to use some kind of database, then DynamoDB is your best bet.
There is a good chance that sometime in the future, you will need to use DynamoDB for some application, so let’s learn it now!
https://betterprogramming.pub/how-to-use-aws-dynamodb-in-react-70b55ffff93e
3. Amplify
No matter what kind of application you are building, at some point, you will need to introduce authentication to it. If you are a frontend developer, then it’s very painful to set up a proper authentication backend by yourself.
That’s where services like Firebase come in. Although I believe Firebase is better, if you or your company only want to use AWS services, then AWS Amplify is the solution for you!
It takes away the hassle of setting up an authentication mechanism. Also, it has excellent support for React, so it’s a breeze to use it.
Conclusion
These are the three most relevant AWS services in terms of popularity and integration with React. Demand for a good React developer is very high. But if you have knowledge of the cloud, then this can make you an even more attractive hire for any company!
So what are you waiting for?
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