Let’s say you’re working on an API that will create JSON data and you want to store that data in an S3 bucket for retrieval by a separate Lambda script. Note: For this code example, I am using node.js as my runtime language in my AWS Lambda. Let’s say the JSON data has been created … Continue reading AWS: How to write JSON files to an S3 bucket from Lambda
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MongoDB: How to get up and running in less than 5 minutes (on Windows)
MongoDB is a “NoSQL” (non-relational) data store of documents that have no predefined schema, where data is stored as a series of JSON objects. The concept of the relational database where there is a database that has tables which are made up of columns and rows, is replaced by the MongoDB concept of a database … Continue reading MongoDB: How to get up and running in less than 5 minutes (on Windows)
JavaScript: Intro to AJAX
AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML. The basic concept is to use JavaScript and combine the fetching of XML (or JSON) data and make that data appear in some location of a web page without the page ever having been refreshed. This allows for dynamic content in an otherwise static page. w3schools.com describes it … Continue reading JavaScript: Intro to AJAX
Python: How to read and write JSON
JSON is a lightweight data-interchange format that stands for JavaScript Object Notation. It so happens that JavaScript objects look exactly like Python dictionaries, so JSON objects can be thought of as portable dictionaries of key-value pairs. This portability is what makes JSON so valuable. While JSON objects can be identical to Python dictionaries, there are some … Continue reading Python: How to read and write JSON