AWS: Events

Readings

• AWS SQS vs SNS

  • What is the difference betweeen SQS and SNS?

    • SNS is a distributed publish-subscribe service.

    • SQS is distributed queuing service.

  • What are some use cases for both SNS and SQS?

    • Choose SNS if:

      • You would like to be able to publish and consume batches of messages.
      • You would like to allow same message to be processed in multiple ways.
      • Multiple subscribers are needed.

    • Choose SQS if:

      • You need a simple queue with no particular additional requirements.
      • Decoupling two applications and allowing parallel asynchronous processing.
      • Only one subscriber is needed.

Videos

• AWS SNS and SQS

  • Describe how to use SQS and SNS in a “fanout” pattern.

    • its how users of SNS can recieve info by email or sms

  • Explain how “push notifications” work, using SNS.

    • when something is published, users get a push notification

• SQS and SNS Basics

  • How might a large scale, distributed application make use of a Queue system like SQS?

    • SQS can handle large amounts of users

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