It’s time to go Lambda. I’m not talking about your fraternity pledging days. I’m talking about Amazon’s Lambda,? Amazon Web Service’s new contribution to the computer programming world.
According to Amazon Web Service’s CTO Werner Vogels, Lambda will allow programmers to reduce effort on their part. All they’ll have to do is write the code, define event triggers, and the program will automatically run after that. This is expected to save the programmer time, money and work. Lambda is also expected to do the managing, scaling and monitoring. Less than a second after an event is triggered, it’s processed through cloud functions. Lambda can follow principals of function business logic, data business states and interactions in between, as well as the basics. Though Lambda only supports Java script for the time being, but Mr. Vogels assures it will support other computer languages as this service becomes more well known. It’s advised that after you create your function, you give it content and resources at that time. Amazon is giving consumers the free sample to entice our potential appetite for Lambda. For those who are willing to attempt this endeavor, Amazon Web Service will provide a million free request a month and 3.2 million seconds of computer time a month.
It’s been eight years since Amazon got into the web service game. It’s now up there as one of the top. Back in 2012, Amazon was voted the best cloud provider of them all, beating out names like Microsoft, Verizon/Terremark, and Century Link/Savvis. So they’re in good position to make this announcement about their Lambda service. However, I’m a little weary of the promises it will do all the managing, scaling, and monitoring for you. If that can be pulled off, great! But at the moment, it sounds a little too good to be true. What do you think of Amazon Web Service’s Lambda?