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Configure AWS Toolkit for IntelliJ IDEA

Configure AWS Toolkit for IntelliJ IDEA

From the course: Java: Serverless Applications on AWS

Configure AWS Toolkit for IntelliJ IDEA

- [Instructor] Up until now, you might be thinking, do I need to use a terminal and start learning AWS commands, just to be able to build a simple AWS lambda? You could use AWS CLI and a web console to configure and deploy serverless apps. However, with AWS toolkit, it makes it much easier to manage serverless apps straight from ID with no prior AWS experience. Start with source code, and the toolkit will do all the heavy lifting for us. When it comes to building serverless applications. It takes care of identification, debug and run configurations, deployment, empowering you to spend more time focusing on your code. It also gives you access to cloudWatch logs, through the ID, which can be helpful when troubleshooting, and you can explore other AWS resources with a built in Explorer. Amazon also has its own ID called Cloud9, which is hosted on Amazon, easy to instance, and you can write, run and debug straight from your…

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