Get an AWS account
I definitely recommend you create a personal AWS account, that way you can properly follow along with the tutorials & quickly prototype/test your own ideas, without being coupled to the backend team. Set aside approx 30 minutes to create & have your account fully functional.
Big picture
Amplify is only part of the picture, having an appreciation of what it’s using under the hood will go a long way. Includes, but not limited to:
- Appsync
- Cognito
- DynamoDB
That’s why I’ve included re
Courses
- Paulo Dichone - AppSync & Amplify with React & GraphQL - Highly recommend you do the graphql portion of the course too. Even if you did the Wes Bos GraphQL course, this one is a bit more bare bones & has more of a focus on the fundamentals.
Videos
Our most used video resource was Nader Dabit, and they were pretty helpful & to the point.
Youtube playlist with AWS stuff
Blogs & articles
- Appsync, Apollo, & react
- Highly Functional Offline Applications using Apollo Client
- Appsync subscriptions with Apollo client
- Appsync SDK - Start here, when you want to implement subscriptions
- Apollo Subscription docs - Good supporting docs. Implementation here is different, but good to keep in mind