We are announcing Lambda Runtime API and Lambda Layers, two new AWS Lambda features that enable developers to build custom runtimes, and share and manage common code between functions. 

You can now assemble and deploy new serverless architectures using nested applications supported by the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) using the AWS Serverless Application Repository. Nested applications are loosely-coupled components of a serverless architecture.

Today we announced Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka (Amazon MSK) in public preview. Amazon MSK is a fully managed, highly available, and secure service that makes it easy for developers and DevOps managers to run applications on Apache Kafka in the AWS Cloud without needing Apache Kafka infrastructure management expertise. Amazon MSK operates highly available Apache Kafka clusters, provides security features out of the box, is fully compatible with open-source versions of Apache Kafka allowing existing applications to migrate without code changes, and has built-in AWS integrations that accelerate application development.

Application Load Balancers now support invoking Lambda functions to serve HTTP(S) requests. This enables users to access serverless applications from any HTTP client, including web browsers. With the Application Load Balancers’ support for content-based routing rules, you can also route requests to different Lambda functions based on the request content. Prior to this launch, you could only use EC2 instances, containers, and on-premises servers, as targets for Application Load Balancers, and you needed other proxy solutions to invoke Lambda functions over HTTP(S). You can now use an Application Load Balancer as a common HTTP endpoint to simplify operations and monitoring for applications that use servers and serverless computing.

You can register Lambda functions as targets for an Application Load Balancer using the Elastic Load Balancing Console, AWS SDK, or AWS Command Line Interface (CLI). You can also configure an Application Load Balancer as a trigger for a Lambda functions from the AWS Lambda console in few clicks.

Usual AWS Lambda and Application Load Balancer charges apply. Please visit the Application Load Balancer pricing page for more information.

Support for Lambda invocation via Application Load Balancer is available for existing and new Application Load Balancers in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Northern California), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada ( Central), EU (Frankfurt), EU (Ireland), EU (London), EU (Paris), South America (São Paulo), and GovCloud (US-West) AWS Regions.

To learn more, please refer to the demo , the blog , and the Application Load Balancer documentation .

You can now develop your AWS Lambda function code using Ruby. AWS Lambda is a compute service that runs your code in response to events, and automatically manages the compute resources for you. 

AWS Step Functions is now integrated with eight additional AWS services, making workflows faster to build, simpler to secure, and easier to monitor.

Johanson Technology is offering high-Q capacitors with low equivalent series resistance (ESR) for high power RF applications. Called the E-Series, “in addition to minimising energy loss, Johanson Technology’s high-Q capacitors reduce thermal noise caused by ESR to assist in maintaining desired signal-to-noise ratios”, according to the firm. The firm claims to use the lowest loss …

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STMicroelectronics is offering free graphical interface software for a sub-set of its Arm Cortex-based STM32 microcontrollers – largely those based on Cortex-M4 and M7. TouchGFX, as it is called, “is ready to use with STM32 microcontrollers and includes a C++ framework that enables the user-interface code to occupy as little as 10kbyte SRAM and 20kbyte …

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We are delighted to announce a new member of the EW BrightSparks 2019 selection panel.

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Vishay has introduced automotive grade X2 EMI suppression film capacitors for 50 and 60Hz. Called F339X2 305VAC, the series is qualified to both AEC-Q200 (rev D) and IEC 60384-14: 2013 / AMD1: 2016 grade IIB. To comply with the new humidity grading in IEC 60384-14: 2013 / AMD1: 2016 grade IIB, the series withstands a …

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