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@types/aws-lambda
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This package contains type definitions for AWS Lambda (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda).
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/aws-lambda.
AWSLambdaThese definitions were written by James Darbyshire, Michael Skarum, Stef Heyenrath, Rich Buggy, Yoriki Yamaguchi, wwwy3y3, Ishaan Malhi, Michael Marner, Daniel Cottone, Kostya Misura, Markus Tacker, Palmi Valgeirsson, Danilo Raisi, Simon Buchan, David Hayden, Chris Redekop, Aneil Mallavarapu, Jeremy Nagel, Louis Larry, Daniel Papukchiev, Oliver Hookins, Trevor Leach, James Gregory, Erik Dalén, Loïk Gaonac'h, Roberto Zen, Grzegorz Redlicki, Juan Carbonel, Peter McIntyre, Alex Bolenok, Marian Zange, Alexander Pepper, Alessandro Palumbo, Sachin Shekhar, Ivan Martos, Zach Anthony, Peter Savnik, and Sven Milewski.
While not a direct alternative, the aws-sdk package is often used alongside @types/aws-lambda for interacting with AWS services within Lambda functions. It provides JavaScript objects for AWS services but does not offer TypeScript types for Lambda events.
The serverless framework helps you build serverless applications using AWS Lambda and other providers. It abstracts away some of the complexities of deploying and managing Lambda functions but does not provide TypeScript definitions for Lambda events.
This is the JavaScript SDK for AWS Lambda, allowing you to write Lambda functions. However, it does not provide TypeScript type definitions, which is where @types/aws-lambda comes in to complement it by offering types for better development experience in TypeScript.
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The npm package @types/aws-lambda receives a total of 4,048,916 weekly downloads. As such, @types/aws-lambda popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @types/aws-lambda demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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