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Writing, building, and packaging

For the polyglots among us with options when it comes to what to write in, once we've chosen which language to write our function in, we have more choices about how to author a function. Let's talk about what's available.

The most simple method is to use the inline editor in the Lambda console. You can access this after creating your function and make direct changes to the code. Here's what the editor looks like:

Screenshot of the code editor in the Lambda console

The editor is actually quite configurable since it has many user options. This is because it is actually a managed Cloud9 environment underneath ...