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SAWS and AWS Have teamed up

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https://github.com/donnemartin/saws/issues/68

2015-11-30 12_42_55-Free Cloud Services – AWS Free Tier

What is AWS?

AWS Stands for Amazon Web Services.

Amazon provides much more than just a shopping experience. They are also one of the worlds leading providers of cloud computing services. Companies like Netflix, Yelp, Expedia (based out of Springfield, MO), and Samsung take advantage of cloud services provided by Amazon.

Some popular services provided are:

  • Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • EC2 – Virtual machines & Docker Containers
  • Cloud Search

And there are many many more.

What is a CLI?

A CLI usually stands for Command Line Interface. They are used a lot to interact with a program that might not have a GUI. For example, many applications written for Linux are used with

What is AWS-CLI?

https://github.com/aws/aws-cli

the aws-cli was created by Amazon as an interface to Amazon Web Services.

What is SAWS?

saws is free and open source software that makes the aws-cli easier to use. The CLI has thousands of commands, SAWS makes them easier to find, adds auto complete, contextual help, provides suggestions and much more.

Additional Reading:

boto is a Python package to make interfacing with AWS easier.

https://github.com/boto/boto

Services show a nice formatted list on some of the services/products AWS provides.

https://github.com/boto/boto#services