Serverless Architecture and AWS Lambda

A temporary computing environment that exists only for the duration of a specific task or session. This kind of environment is created on demand and automatically disposed of after the task is completed. It leaves no trace of the user's data or activity and is ideal for testing and development.

A serverless architecture that utilizes cloud-based services to manage non-differentiated heavy lifting operations such as database management, file storage, and queuing. This shifts responsibility for managing server infrastructure to the cloud provider, allowing developers to focus on building the core functionality of their application.

The ability of a system to automatically scale up or down based on demand. In serverless architecture, functions can handle a massive number of requests without requiring any code changes and without causing performance issues.

Functions that are triggered only when a specific event happens, such as a request from a user. These functions are self-contained and don't require constant running processes, making them efficient and cost-effective.

Cloud-based services, such as databases, queues, and storage systems, that abstract away the underlying infrastructure. They manage various aspects of the application's non-core functionality, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.

A platform for mobile app development that provides a wide range of services, simplifying the process of building and deploying apps across multiple platforms. It offers features like real-time databases, authentication, push notifications, and more.

A feature of Firebase that allows developers to build, deploy, and scale real-time applications with ease. It provides a real-time database that allows for instant updates across connected devices.

A database management system that uses a relational database model, offering robust data management capabilities but requiring more complex coding than some other alternatives.

A distributed event store or a buffer that allows for the storage and retrieval of real-time data streams.

A managed service on AWS that allows for real-time data streams processing, similar to Kafka.

A stream processing framework that processes data from various sources, including Kafka.

A smaller version of an image, typically used for previewing or managing larger images.

A process that creates thumbnails from larger images.

A serverless computing service offered by AWS that enables developers to run code without managing servers.

A type of database designed for fast and scalable data access.

A cloud storage service offered by Amazon that allows for the storing and accessing of data.

A reusable solution to a common programming problem, providing a tested and proven approach.

Design patterns that focus on creating objects, dealing with the process of instantiating classes.

A creational design pattern that restricts the instantiation of a class to a single object, ensuring that only one instance of the class can exist.

Design patterns that deal with the composition of classes and objects, focusing on how to combine them to create more complex structures.

A structural design pattern that adapts the interface of an existing class to a different interface.

Design patterns that deal with communication and interaction between objects, defining how they collaborate.

The process of creating an instance of a class, resulting in an object.

The four key principles of object-oriented programming: abstraction, encapsulation, polymorphism, and inheritance.

A centralized layer that acts as a single point of entry for all client applications communicating with a microservices architecture. It handles routing, authentication, authorization, and other cross-cutting concerns.

A design pattern that uses an API Gateway to manage communication between client applications and backend microservices.

A single point of failure in a system where if it fails, the entire system crashes.

A virtual network hosted in the cloud that allows services to communicate with each other.

A mechanism for terminating encrypted traffic from a client before it reaches the server, ensuring secure communication.

A service that provides features such as authentication, authorization, and rate limiting for API requests.

A centralized service for managing authentication and authorization across multiple microservices.

A common network infrastructure used for hosting and managing microservices in cloud computing environments.

Manages the process of paying suppliers, recording payments, and tracking outstanding balances.

Creates and manages purchase orders, ensuring the right products are ordered in the right quantities at the right time.

Generates invoices for customer orders and manages the billing process.

The service generates reports on purchase orders and customer orders, which can be used to track sales and inventory levels.

The service generates reports on purchase invoices and payments, which can be used to track spending and monitor supplier performance.

The order service communicates with various services including Inventory Management Service, Purchasing Service, Financial Service, and Shipping Service to ensure a smooth order fulfillment process.

The purchasing service interacts with various services like the Order service, Financial assistance, and Logistics service to manage procurement effectively.

The service communicates with other services like the Order Service and Shipping Service to ensure seamless delivery of products to customers.

A design approach that considers how an application behaves under increasing load. It involves modeling the application's performance to understand its response to heavy user traffic, network spikes, and server strain.

A security approach that integrates security measures into the core design of an application. It leverages existing security features within the cloud and identity management systems.

An approach to application communication where applications directly interact with each other, requiring both apps to be active simultaneously.

A method of application communication that uses a message queue, allowing applications to communicate asynchronously, without requiring both apps to be active at the same time.

A messaging service used in asynchronous communication to store and deliver messages, allowing decoupling of applications and enabling scalability.

A messaging service using the publish/subscribe model, enabling applications to broadcast messages to multiple subscribers.

A way to handle spikes in traffic by decoupling applications, allowing them to communicate asynchronously and avoid overloading each other.

A technique used to understand and model the performance of an application under various load conditions, helping to identify bottlenecks and optimize for scalability.

A system that processes sales, manages inventory, and tracks customer data.

A software architecture pattern that breaks down a large application into smaller, independent services.

Provides a private, secure connection between an on-premises network and AWS.

Distributes incoming traffic across multiple instances of a service, improving availability and performance.

A type of load balancer that makes routing decisions based on application-level information.

A type of load balancer that routes traffic based on DNS rules, considering factors like health checks, geography, and latency.

A monolithic application is broken down into smaller, independently deployable services, allowing for scalability and flexibility.

Involves breaking down a monolithic application into smaller, independently deployable services.

An architecture focusing on breaking down applications into independent and reusable units.

A design approach to optimizing communication between application components, minimizing latency and resource consumption, often involving message queues or APIs.

An interface that defines the rules and protocols for communication between different applications, enabling seamless data exchange.

Separating data storage and processing, improving efficiency and scalability.

A system that stores commonly accessed data locally to accelerate access and reduce database load.

A platform for building and using APIs, providing tools to simplify the API lifecycle and streamline collaboration.

The service manages customer credit, generates credit invoices, tracks balances, applies credits to invoices, and creates reports that track revenue and monitor billing.

This service manages the Point of Sale (POS) console, allows employees to process transactions like sales, returns, and exchanges, manages customer orders, and handles inventory management.

This service communicates with other services like the Order Service, Billing Service, Inventory Management Service, and Customer Management Service to update and retrieve necessary information.

This service manages inventory levels, including checking stock levels and updating inventory information, and has integration with other services to keep stock accurate.

This service allows employees to create new customers, update customer information, and view existing customer information.

This service connects with various services like the Order Service, Inventory Management Service, and Customer Management Service to retrieve and update information, enabling various functionalities across the system.

A design pattern that emphasizes simplicity and avoiding unnecessary complexity. It aims to make code easier to understand, use, and maintain.

A principle that promotes adding functionality only when it's truly needed. It discourages prematurely implementing features that might not be required.

A software architecture where all components are bundled together in a single codebase. It simplifies development and deployment but can become difficult to manage as the application grows.

A way to notify multiple objects about changes to an object's state. It's like subscribing to updates on a topic you are interested in.

A design pattern that allows an object to alter its behavior when its state changes. It's like changing your behavior based on your mood.

A collection of components, including the user interface, business logic, and database access, that work together to provide a specific functionality.