Creating a Lambda function

In the AWS Console, click on the Services menu in the top-left of the screen and select Lambda by either using the filter box or clicking on the service in the list. When you first go to the Lambda service page within the AWS Console, you will be presented with a welcome page:

Clicking on the Create a function button will take us straight to the process of launching our first serverless function.

There are four steps to creating a function; the first thing we need to do is select a blueprint:

For the basic hello world ...

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