Overview

• framework for developing and deploying serverless apps
• all the configuration is YAML code
• generate complex CloudFormation from simple SAM YAML file
• can run Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB locally

Recipe

• Transform Header indicates it's SAM template:
  • Transform: 'AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31'
• Write Code
  • AWS::Serverless::Function
  • AWS::Serverless::Api
  • AWS::Serverless::SimpleTable
• Package & Deploy:
  • aws cloudformation package / sam package
  • aws cloudformation deploy / sam deploy