Learn SERVERLESS-STACK with Real Code Examples
Updated Nov 27, 2025
Learning Path
Learn basics of AWS Lambda and API Gateway
Understand CDK constructs
Build simple SST APIs
Add DB + auth
Deploy full-stack app across environments
Skill Improvement Plan
Week 1: SST fundamentals + Lambdas
Week 2: Storage (S3, DynamoDB, RDS)
Week 3: Event-driven apps
Week 4: Frontend integration + auth
Week 5: Multi-stage deployments + IaC mastery
Interview Questions
Explain how SST relates to AWS CDK.
What is Live Lambda Reloading?
How do you connect Lambdas to DynamoDB in SST?
Explain multi-stack linking.
What’s the difference between SST and the Serverless Framework?
Cheat Sheet
sst dev - local development
sst deploy - production/stage deploy
Function -> SST Lambda wrapper
Api -> Create API Gateway endpoints
Table -> DynamoDB construct
Books
Serverless Architectures on AWS
CDK in Practice
Designing Event-Driven Systems
Full-Stack Serverless
Modern Cloud Apps with TypeScript
Tutorials
SST Getting Started Guide
DynamoDB modeling with SST
Frontend + backend SST project
Event-driven workflows
Deploying multi-stage SST apps
Official Docs
https://docs.sst.dev/
AWS CDK documentation
Lambda & API Gateway best practices
Community Links
SST Discord
GitHub Discussions
Serverless subreddit
YouTube SST tutorials
StackOverflow SST tag
Community Support
SST Discord
GitHub Discussions
AWS CDK Community
Serverless subreddit
StackOverflow SST/CDK tags