Front-End Web & Mobile

This article was written by Seth Fitzsimmons, Principal Engineer, and Andrew Johnson, Senior Product Manager, Amazon Location Service A common use case for web development is to add a map to a webpage with a marker on a specific location, such as an office or retail location. Amazon Location is a great solution because it […]

This article was written by Matt Auerbach. Last Spring, we welcomed our third cohort of students from the MLH Fellowship powered by Major League Hacking. We were a part of the inaugural cohort last Summer, 2020 — you can read about the experience here. In this cohort, we welcomed four students to our CLI team […]

Managing which users have access to specific content is a problem that most modern apps face. With the recent release, AWS Amplify DataStore allows you to define multiple authorization (multi-auth) types for your GraphQL data schemas. Multi-auth types make it easier to manage user access and enable personalized content for users once they sign in. […]

With today’s release, Amplify DataStore gains the ability to configure multiple authorization modes for a single app data backend. DataStore provides frontend app developers the ability to build real-time apps with offline capabilities by storing data on-device (web browser or mobile device), and automatically synchronizing data to the cloud and across devices on an internet […]

With the recent release, Amplify CLI allows you to set environment variables and secrets for your Lambda functions. This feature is available as an advanced setting in Amplify’s “Function” category and allows you to configure environment variables and secrets interactively. The secrets configuration uses AWS Parameter Store backed by a “SecureString” parameter. In addition, this […]

This blog post was written by Anna Pfoertsch, Senior Product Manager at AWS Amplify. In this guide you will learn how to integrate your existing Amazon Cognito user pool and federated identities (identity pool) into an Amplify project via the Amplify Admin UI. This will enable your GraphQL API (AppSync), Storage (S3) and other resources […]

This article was written by Josh Kahn, Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS     Real-time, up-to-date data is valuable for many categories of applications. From sports scores to stock quotes to delivery apps and many others, real-time data is essential in building engaging frontend applications on both mobile and desktop. Modern architectures for these types […]

This article was written by Fernando Rocha Silva and Panna Shetty Emergency management teams are constantly tackling one crisis after another, whether it is managing the COVID pandemic or battling raging wild fires across California. These frontline workers venture into dangerous situations to rescue those in need, potentially risking their own lives. Firefighters go above […]

Today AWS Amplify launched new enhancements to it’s CI/CD workflow for full-stack deployments that include conditional backend deployments, automatic build-time generation of the Amplify cloud configuration (aws-exports.js file), and easy re-use of backends across Amplify apps. These features make it even simpler to set up a full-stack, production-ready web app on AWS. AWS Amplify offers […]

Starting June 1, 2021, US telecom carriers require that you register an origination phone number before you can send SMS messages to US phone numbers. As a consequence of this new requirement, when you use AWS Amplify to enable SMS-based authentication workflows for your U.S. based app users after June 1st, you must now register […]