logandk

That's a much more correct example than the one in the article. The "real-world example" in the article describes doing something completely different than intended, not out of necessity but by distraction.

He's mostly concerned with the learning curve of HTML and CSS, so I'd say that it's a success so far - no tooling got in the way of his learning. We haven't gotten to using the database yet...

The merits of deploying a complex Rails app on Lambda are debatable, mainly due to the fact that larger code bases will result in slower cold request times for Lambda functions. For HTTP APIs in general, however, the three main benefits of being operational on Lambda are:

* Paying only for compute time/requests, if the API is not being accessed for a period of time, it's free - on a regular instance, you'd be paying for idle time

* Automatic scaling

* Simple deployment

The downsides include:

* Irregular response times due to cold containers

* Slower request/response cycle due to overhead in Lambda + API Gateway

Awesome work, I will introduce this to my kid. With the built-in database/kv-store and excellent UX, I can't think of a better platform to get started with web development.

Before diving into smart pointers, move semantics and other (mostly) recent additions, I would recommend getting well acquainted with the basics: RAII and common patterns such as passing by constant reference. Effective C++ by Scott Meyers, as others have noted, is an excellent entry point.

I was hoping to see Elixir on the list, but I suppose it may have been classified as Erlang?

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