Netlify Functions Serverless Workshop
This repo will teach you the core concepts of using serverless functions with Netlify.
Table of Contents
- Using this repo
- Workshop Lessons
- Helpful Tools
- Prerequisites & Setup Steps
- Additional Learning materials
Using this repo
After following the prerequisite setup steps, work from the lessons folders.
If you get stuck or want to look ahead checkout the lessons-code-complete directory for the completed code.
Repo directory structure:
|── /lessons ✅ Work from these files!
|── /lessons-code-complete 💡 Complete lesson answers
|── /_instructor 🙈 Ignore these files. For instructor updates
|── /_scripts 🙈 Ignore these files
Workshop Lessons
Core Concepts
| Lesson | Final Code |
|---|---|
| 1 Hello World Deploying Your First Endpoint |
Complete Code |
| 2 Dynamic Content Rendering Dynamic Content |
Complete Code |
| 3 Using Environment Variables Using environment variables |
Complete Code |
| 4 Using Dependancies Using NPM dependencies |
Complete Code |
| 5 Authenication Protecting Endpoints |
Complete Code |
| 6 Using A Database Using a database |
Complete Code |
| 7 Using Middleware Using Function middleware |
Complete Code |
| 8 Using Addons Deploying Your First Endpoint |
Complete Code |
| 9 Using Cors Adding CORS support |
Complete Code |
| 10 Testing Functions Testing Serverless functions |
Complete Code |
Use Cases
| Lesson | Final Code |
|---|---|
| 1 Rest Api Using functions for REST APIs |
Complete Code |
| 2 Graphql Using functions for GraphQL APIs |
Complete Code |
| 3 Redirects Using functions for Dynamic Redirects |
Complete Code |
| 4 Setting Cookies Using functions to set cookies |
Complete Code |
| 5 Fetching Data Using functions to fetch external API data |
Complete Code |
| 6 Scraping Using functions for web scraping |
Complete Code |
| 7 Sending Emails Using functions for sending email |
Complete Code |
| 8 Sending Sms Using functions for sending text messages |
Complete Code |
| 9 Event Driven Functions Using Netlify Event Driven functions |
Complete Code |
| 10 Payment Processing Using functions for Payment Processing |
Complete Code |
| 11 Handling Oauth Handing OAuth Flows |
Complete Code |
| 12 Handling File Uploads Using functions for uploading files |
Complete Code |
| 13 Returning Dynamic Images Using functions for returning images |
Complete Code |
Helpful Tools
Prerequisites & Setup Steps
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Install the latest LTS version of Node. How to install Node.
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Verify you have git on your machine
Most machines come pre-loaded with git.
🎉 To verify you have
git, open up your terminal and run:which git
This should return a path of where git is installed. If the command returns
git not found, we will need to install git on your machine. -
Setup a Netlify account.
If you don't already have an Netlify account, let's get one setup.
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Open up your terminal and run:
npm install netlify-cli -g
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Connect the Netlify CLI with your Netlify account.
Open up your terminal and run:
netlify login
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Verify the Netlify CLI works on your machine
Open up your terminal and run:
netlify --helpThis should return the list of commands from the CLI tool.
Bonus setup:
- Install postman for quick & easy testing of endpoints we deploy
- It's also recommended that you use nvm (node version manager) just in case you need to change versions of node for the workshop.