AWS stands of Amazon Web Service. It offer broad range of cloud services.
Traditional vs Serverless Web hosting
| Traditional | Serverless |
|---|---|
| Provision Capacity | Runs On-Demand (unlimited capacity Only pay for Code Executions) |
| Scaling (Pay too much or server issues) | Scales Automatically (Pay What you need) |
| Update OS & Software | Runs on Managed AWS Infrastructure (up-to-date and secure environment) |
| Lots of Overhead for SPA + API Apps | Great for SPA + API Apps |
API Gateway (REST API)
API Gateway is fully managed service that allows you to easily create, publish, maintain, monitor, secure API’s at any scale. An API, acts as a “front door” for applications to access data, functionality, or business logic from your backend services like servers, databases or lambda.