Method 1 – Lambda Console

This is the way that we have just created our first Lambda function. In the Lambda Console, we have a basic editor. It’s based on the Cloud9 IDE and works well for simple Lambda functions.

The advantages:

• It’s a good editor
• You can access it from any computer through your AWS Console

The disadvantages:

• It doesn’t seem to be very stable. Sometimes it doesn’t let you save so you have to copy all of your work to a local file, reload the page, and copy your work back. I hope that this gets fixed soon!
• It doesn’t have a command-line interface. This means that you can’t install npm packages using this method alone.
• You need internet access to work on your Lambdas.