August 23, 2019
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At re:Invent 2018, Amazon unveiled many products and services for mobile, web, Internet of Things, security, networking, robotics, databases, and so on.
Offering more than 90 services and products with innovative and out-of-the-box features, Amazon is helping developers’ community to build web and mobile apps in an easiest, fastest, and secure way.
AWS’s growth doubled over the recent days giving tough competition to the giants like Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure in cloud computing space. Amazon Web & Cloud Services team is coming up with a more robust, secure, and scalable solution that can facilitate web and mobile app development.
If we talk about this growth in numbers then, in the year of 2018, AWS generated revenues worth 25.6 billion US dollars which was 12.2 billion US dollars in 2016. (Source: Statista)
As more and more organizations are embracing cloud computing, cloud-enabled applications are increasing at a rate of knots. Cloud enables the organization to scale when their businesses grow while eliminating the overhead of backend operations.
In this post, we are trying to answer the following questions related to AWS Amplify:
Without further ado, here are the answers to all the aforementioned questions:
AWS Amplify is a development framework to build web and mobile applications on Amazon Web Services in the fastest manner.
What does it offer?
In the simplest terms, Amazon Amplify Framework is a set of libraries, command-line interface, UI components that let you build the backend and integrate it with the apps built-in iOS, Android, React Native or web frameworks such as React, Angular, and Ionic. Ultimately, it offers full-stack development without worrying about iterations and backend configurations.
It aims to provide an end-to-end platform for creating and maintaining cloud-enabled applications that deliver native-like experiences. When the backend is serverless, developers can focus on code and its efficiency rather on backend configuration, maintenance, and performance. For those, who don’t know what cloud-enabled mobile app is, here’s the explanation.
A cloud-enabled application relies on the services from the cloud service provider which handles all the backend operation allowing developers to concentrate on the core part of the application. It reduces time and cost and also offers scalability when required.
As there are many frameworks and tools are available, choosing the best is a little bit tricky.
Here are some of the specific scenarios where AWS Amplify is the best option:
It is the fastest way to build cloud applications as it provides many ready-to-use components and a command-line interface which allows you to configure the backend in fewer lines of code.
AWS Amplify uses a set of AWS services and components which streamline web and mobile app development. Here’s how:
AWS AppSync is a serverless backend for mobile/web apps and uses GraphQL API to perform data management tasks. With the in-built data service, developers do not need to worry about online and offline data access, synchronization, manipulation, and retrieval.
This is one of the useful services that enhance the overall security of the application. It offers a quick and easy way to add user sign-in, sign-up and access control along with social identity authentication and multi-factor authentication.
In order to evaluate the performance of an app, AWS Amplify automatically records session data, authentication data, in-app metrics, and many more so that there is no need for managing third-party analysis tool.
This service promotes the use of artificial intelligence that can give a competitive edge. With AWS Amplify, developers can create conversational interfaces to provide consistent, accurate, and seamless customer services.
AWS Amplify is a suitable choice for graphically-enhanced apps also. It lets you integrate AR, VR and 3D scenes easily into your application to create immersive experiences.
Push notifications help marketers to boost conversion, sales, and engagement. This module allows integration of push notifications easily with Amazon Pinpoint targeting and campaign management.
Note: As per the official documentation, Push Notifications are currently supported only for React Native.
Apart from these listed services, Amazon provides several other services for mobile and web app development.
These 3 wrapped in one common framework, now called as Amplify Framework which enables developers to write feature-rich, modern, and scalable apps across all major platforms including iOS, Android, and web.
According to the official blog post from Amazon,
All of AWS Mobile Hub’s functionality and much more, are now part of AWS Amplify.
Amazon is in the news following the popularity of AWS Amplify among the developer’s community. By removing all the bottlenecks in configuration, management, and in synchronization, Amplify provides pick-and-use components and everything you need to build an app with easy and faster integration.
When you use the AWS Amplify framework, i.e. libraries, CLI, and UI components, there are no such additional charges you need to pay for using Amplify Framework. You need to pay only for the AWS services you use.
You need to pay for two features of AWS Amplify Console – build & deploy, and hosting For build and deploy, the price per build minute is $0.01. For hosting, the price per GB served is $0.15 and $0.023 per GB storage per month.
With the AWS Free Usage Tier, you can start for free. New AWS customers receive 1000 build minutes per month for the build and deploy feature. The free tire expires at the end of the 12 months. Free Usage tire also offers 5 GB storage per month and 15 GB served per month.
Note: This AWS amplify cost mentioned here is as per the official page. Please refer official source for the actual cost and pricing model as per your requirement.
Cloud will be amplified in the near future.
If you are planning to build your app from scratch or thinking to advance existing one, AWS Amplify is a great framework to consider.
It lessens developers’ burden by providing ready-to-use functionalities and helps create serverless full-stack applications. On top of all these, you can use it for React Native app development which is an extra perk.
We have been helping startups and enterprises with AWS Consulting Services and AWS Cloud Services for more than 30 years. We have hands-on expertise in building modern, scalable and customer-centric and high-quality apps that can help you gain higher ROI.
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