What is JAWS?
The Javascript + AWS Stack – A server-free, webapp boilerplate using bleeding-edge AWS services that redefine how to build massively scalable web applications
JAWS is a tool in the Frameworks (Full Stack) category of a tech stack.
JAWS is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to JAWS's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses JAWS?
Developers
4 developers on StackShare have stated that they use JAWS.
JAWS Integrations
JavaScript, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon API Gateway are some of the popular tools that integrate with JAWS. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with JAWS.
Pros of JAWS
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JAWS's Features
- Use No Servers: Never deal with scaling/deploying/maintaing/monitoring servers again.
- Isolated Components: The JAWS back-end is comprised entirely of AWS Lambda Functions.
- Scale Infinitely: A back-end comprised of Lambda functions comes with a ton of concurrency and you can easily enable multi-region redundancy.
- Be Cheap As Possible: Lambda functions run only when they are called, and you only pay for when they are run.
JAWS Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to JAWS?
JavaScript
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Python
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.
jQuery
jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.
