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Step function

Step functions is a much more simplified version of SWF (it was internally developed as SWFv2 btw)

Benefits of Step Functions​

  • Build and update apps quickly: AWS Step Functions lets you build visual workflows that enable the fast translation of business requirements into technical requirements. You can build applications in a matter of minutes, and when needs change, you can swap or reorganize components without customizing any code.
  • Improve resiliency: AWS Step Functions manages state, checkpoints and restarts for you to make sure that your application executes in order and as expected. Built-in try/catch, retry and rollback capabilities deal with errors and exceptions automatically.
  • Write less code: AWS Step Functions manages the logic of your application for you and implements basic primitives such as branching, parallel execution, and timeouts. This removes extra code that may be repeated in your microservices and functions.
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