AWS Lambda Free Course
AWS Lambda Essentials
Learn the essentials of AWS Lambda, event-driven operations, triggers, pricing, and integrations with Rekognition, Polly, and Comprehend. Join our free AWS Lambda course to build scalable and modern serverless applications.
About this course
The free AWS Lambda course, is suitable for novice learners who want to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of serverless computing. This course will provide an introduction to AWS Lambda and its event-based architecture and explains notions such as triggers, auto-scaling, pricing, and integration with others (including Rekognition, Polly and Comprehend).
The course will also include a practical demonstration in the AWS Console whereby you will create, deploy as well and run your own Lambda functions. Once you’ve completed the course, you will be able to successfully develop scalable, affordable, and adaptable applications with AWS Lambda.
Course outline
Introduction to AWS Lambda
This module introduces AWS Lambda basics—serverless, event-driven design, auto-managed infrastructure, and building modern, scalable apps.
Purpose of AWS Lambda
Here, you’ll explore AWS Lambda’s purpose—event-driven model, auto-scaling, cost savings, and features like containers, DB access, and extensions.
Using AWS Lambda
You’ll learn how Lambda functions run, what triggers them, and how the environment manages code with APIs through the lifecycle.
AWS Lambda Pricing
In this module, you’ll learn AWS Lambda pricing, covering pay-as-you-go structure, free tier limits, and how costs vary with request count, execution duration, memory allocation, and architecture type.
AWS Lambda Services
You will learn how to use AWS Rekognition to analyse images and videos, Polly to turn text into voice that sounds real, and Comprehend to use natural language processing to get insights from text.
AWS Lambda Demonstration
In this module, you will get a demo on navigating and using the AWS Lambda interface within the AWS Console.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will I receive a certificate upon completing this free course?
Is this course free?
Who is this free AWS Lambda course designed for?
The course is designed for anyone who wants to understand how they can build and deploy serverless applications with the help of AWS Lambda and other similar services.
What will I learn in this free AWS Lambda certificate course?
This course covers the basics of AWS Lambda, which includes event-based execution, triggers, pricing, and its integration with other services, such as Rekognition, Polly, and Comprehend.
How does AWS Lambda differ from traditional servers?
AWS Lambda does not require server management. Your code will only run when you trigger it and scale automatically. It will charge you based on execution time, rather than server uptime.
What modules are included in the free AWS Lambda online course?
The AWS Lambda free course covers:
Introduction to AWS Lambda
Purpose of AWS Lambda
Using AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda Pricing
AWS Lambda Services (Rekognition, Polly, Comprehend)
AWS Lambda Demo
What practical skills will I gain after completing this free AWS Lambda course?
This free AWS Lambda course will help you gain skills in:
creating, deploying, and managing Lambda functions
configuring triggers
estimating pricing
integrating AWS services into serverless workflows.
How can this course be applied in the real world?
At the end, you will be able to create cost-effective, scaled and event based applications where you can employ AWS Lambda and its service integrations to scale.
Am I required to have any pre-requisite AWS experience to take this course?
No, This free AWS Lambda training course explains AWS Lambda concepts step by step, therefore, You can follow it despite your inexperience in AWS.