Embrace Step Functions for Efficient Workflow Management • Ben Smith & Eric Johnson

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Ben Smith - Principal Developer Advocate for serverless at AWS
Eric Johnson - Principal Developer Advocate for Serverless at AWS
RESOURCES
Ben
https://twitter.com/benjamin_l_s
https://github.com/bls20AWS
https://linkedin.com/in/bensmithportfolio
http://developeradvocate.co.uk
https://thewebsmithsite.wordpress.com

Eric
https://twitter.com/edjgeek
https://linkedin.com/in/singledigit

Links
https://serverlessland.com
https://serverlessland.com/workflows
https://youtu.be/o8qAlbjX3iU
https://youtu.be/9StQpMLC-5Q
https://youtu.be/4YeZf3HupQA
https://youtu.be/dzW3-Mol1yo
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/workflow-studio-use.html
https://robsutter.com
https://gotoldn.com/2024-eda-aws-day

DESCRIPTION
In this conversation, Eric Johnson and Ben Smith discuss the benefits and evolving capabilities of AWS Step Functions, emphasizing their utility in managing complex workflows involving multiple AWS services. They highlight the initial hesitation due to limitations in earlier versions but acknowledge significant improvements such as express workflows and synchronous invocation, which have made Step Functions more versatile and powerful. They delve into favorite patterns, including concurrent processing with dynamic map states and reusable workflows, underscoring the efficiency and scalability Step Functions bring to serverless architectures. [...]
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Adam Bellemare • Building Event-Driven Microservices
Peter Sbarski • Serverless Architectures on AWS
Michael Stack • Event-Driven Architecture in Golang
Ford, Richards, Sadalage & Dehghani • Software Architecture: The Hard Parts
Gerardus Blokdyk • Event-Driven Architecture EDA
James Urquhart • Flow Architectures

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Step Functions: What they are & how they help (00:01:44)

3. AppComposer (00:11:52)

4. Evolution & features of Step Functions (00:16:58)

5. Patterns & workflows (00:20:23)

6. Favorite patterns in Step Functions (00:24:47)

7. Step Functions & AI (00:33:29)

8. Outro (00:37:32)