Front-End Web & Mobile
Tag: AppSync
Working with AWS AppSync Events: Real-time Web Games with Chat
In this post, we’ll look at the core concepts needed to create an online version of a game where players try to match four of their tokens in a row. We’ll also see how AWS Amplify Gen 2 enables us to quickly connect to an AWS backend, and how AWS AppSync events allows players to […]
Working with AWS AppSync Events: Serverless WebSockets for Pub/Sub
AWS AppSync simplifies and manages connecting applications to events, data, and AI models. Now, with the new addition of AWS AppSync events, developers can create real-time experiences by publishing updates from any event source to subscribed clients over serverless WebSockets. AWS AppSync events offers a standalone Pub/Sub service that is not bound to GraphQL. In […]
Building RAG-based applications with AWS Amplify AI Kit and Neon Postgres
Modern application development has shifted to include not just tooling that offers a great developer experience (DX), but a sensible balance between simply getting started and the path to production. It is this very sentiment that inspired the release of Amplify AI kit. This abstraction over common AI tasks like conversing with a large language […]
Creating a Generative AI Travel Assistant App with Amazon Bedrock and AWS Amplify
In this post, we will walk you through creating a travel assistant app. The app will provide a personalized experience by suggesting popular attractions, local experiences, and hidden gems for the user’s desired destination. We will build this app using AWS Amplify and Amazon Bedrock. AWS Amplify Gen 2 uses a TypeScript-based, code-first developer experience […]
Best practices for AWS AppSync GraphQL APIs
In this post, we will look at strategies to consider when building out your GraphQL API and explore why AWS AppSync is a great choice for building and deploying this API. We will review best practices that have been devised by the AWS AppSync team and the specialists who use it regularly. Specifically, we will […]
Building a Secure GraphQL API with AWS Amplify and AWS AppSync
Client-side web development with frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue have become incredibly popular. At the same time, GraphQL has emerged as an alternative to REST for building robust, efficient APIs. However, using GraphQL APIs from client-side code comes with unique challenges compared to REST. One major roadblock is handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) when […]
Use Generative AI and Next.js with AWS Amplify to build a Fullstack Recipe Generator
Let’s dive into the world of Generative AI, Next.js, AWS Amplify, and Amazon Bedrock supercharged by Claude 3. In this guide, we’ll walk you through creating a recipe generator app where users can input a list of ingredients, and Claude 3 will generate delicious recipes based on their selection. In November 2023, AWS Amplify unveiled the public […]
Create a Fullstack, Sample Web App powered by Amazon Bedrock
In this post we will walk you through creating a fullstack, sample web app that uses Amazon Bedrock to create generative AI-powered application features and user experiences. Your sample app will include: A React frontend web application, built with Amplify UI components, that supports both end user chat interactions with Amazon Bedrock foundational models, and […]
Build a GraphQL API for your Amazon Aurora MySQL database using AWS AppSync and the RDS Data API
Today, we’re excited to announce that AWS AppSync now makes it easier for customers to create GraphQL APIs based on the the tables of their existing MySQL and PostgreSQL databases running on Amazon Aurora clusters configured with the Data API. When building APIs for existing databases, developers typically have to build an interface that accurately […]
Build a Real-time, WebSockets API for Amazon Bedrock
Generative AI is transforming the way applications interface with data, which in turn is creating new challenges for application developers building with generative AI services like Amazon Bedrock. Amazon Bedrock is the easiest way to build and scale generative AI applications with foundation models (FMs). Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service, offers a choice of […]