Intro

• Used to build mobile and web applications
• amplify init - initialize an amplify project
• Provides features such as data storage, authentication, ML, etc. (all powered by AWS services)
• Provides front-end libraries with ready to use components for popular frameworks like React, Vue, Flutter, etc.

Offerings

• Amplify Studio: Visually build a full-stack app (front-end Ul and backend)
• Amplify CLI: Configure an Amplify backend with a guided CLI workflow
• Amplify Libraries: Connect your app to existing AWS services
• Amplify Hosting: Host web apps via the AWS CDN

Auth

• Provides authentication out of the box (amplify add auth)
• Leverages Cognito
• Supports MFA, Social Sign-in (federated identities), Account Recovery, etc.
• Provides pre-built UI components to integrate in the front-end
• Provides fine-grained authorization

GraphQL API & Data Store

• Provides GraphQL API using AppSync and DynamoDB as the data store (amplify add api)