Twiliohackathon Project Part 2 - The Product

About

I built a serverless application that allows users to text kind words to those that are recovering from COVID-19.

One of the main problems for those recovering from COVID-19 is the isolation from loved ones. You can communicate through other means but this application is for those that don't already have a support network.

Category

• Interesting Integrations

What I built

I've built a serverless application that uses the tech below

• AWS Lambda
• AWS API Gateway
• AWS DynamoDB
• AWS FIFO SQS

Demo Link

Sign up page

Link to Code

Front-End Repo

Back-End Repo

How I built it

This API was built with the Serverless framework, all tech is listed above. The front end site was built using React and Gatsby.

I was able to expand my understanding of AWS technologies while working on this project. Topics learned include:

• Creating and using API keys
• Serverless development with CircleCI
• Adding lambdas to FIFO SQS queues
• Using the Giphy API
• Improving lambda testing by isolating business logic from the handler

Additional Resources/Info

• First Blog Post
• Get Started With Serverless
• Get Started With Twilio SMS