Serverless Architectures on AWS, Second Edition

3 Architectures and patterns

This chapter covers

• Use cases for serverless architectures
• Examples of patterns and architectures

What are the use cases for serverless architectures and what kinds of architectures and patterns are useful? We’re often asked these questions and queried about use cases as people learn about a serverless approach to designing systems. We find that it’s helpful to look at how others have applied this technology and what kinds of use cases, designs, and architectures they’ve produced.

This chapter gives you a solid introduction to where serverless architectures are a good fit and how to think about the design of serverless systems. The rest of the book focuses on real-world use cases and goes deep into a number of serverless ...