How I Built a Serverless Resume Website on AWS as a Complete Beginner

📰 Dev.to · Michael Ovbey

Learn how to build a serverless resume website on AWS as a complete beginner, with steps and tools to get you started

beginner Published 29 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Create an AWS account and set up your environment using the AWS CLI
Use Terraform to provision and manage your AWS infrastructure
Write and deploy a Lambda function to handle requests and responses
Configure an S3 bucket to store and serve your website's static assets
Set up an API Gateway to handle incoming requests and route them to your Lambda function

Who Needs to Know This

This tutorial is useful for developers, DevOps engineers, and cloud professionals who want to learn about building serverless applications on AWS. It's also relevant for beginners who want to learn about cloud computing and AWS services.

Key Insight

💡 You can build a serverless website on AWS without prior experience, using tools like Terraform and AWS CLI