AWS + LWJ — build a retro app, win a prize!

Watch the episode for inspiration

See how Dev, Ben, Lindsay, and Jason tackled the challenge to get your creative gears turning!

What is AWS Amplify?

AWS Amplify has everything you need to create and deploy web and mobile apps in just a few hours! In this challenge, you’ll have the opportunity to get started with AWS and level up your skill set.

Amplify has a variety of features that you can use in this challenge.

  • Data - Build secure, real-time APIs backed by AWS databases.
  • Auth - Enable secure authentication flows and control access to data, files, and more.
  • Storage - Storage and manage app content and data.
  • Fuctions - Add functions and configure environment variables.
  • Hosting - Deploy your website globally.

To get started, use the quickstart guide. Amplify is part of the AWS free tier!

You have the chance to win a dream desk setup!

In every episode of Web Dev Challenge, developers from around the community challenge themselves to build an app that meets a prompt and uses a given tool.

Now you can be one of those devs! Build your own take on the app prompt and submit it to the showcase to learn something new, show off your work, have some fun with the web dev community, and learn (or practice) practical skills.

And, as a bonus, one dev will win a dream desk setup: Ugmonk’s complete Gather collection.

The complete Gather Collection from Ugmonk

Enter to win this dream desk setup! Credit: Ugmonk

The prompt: “build a retro games-themed web app using AWS Amplify”

For this episode, the devs are building a web app for any kind of retro gaming theme they can think of. A Dr. Mario tournament app? Pong leaderboard? Investment advice for Monopoly players? It’s all fair game!

Amazon Web Services is sponsoring this episode and giveaway, and the apps must be built using AWS Amplify, which can be used for the frontend deployment and/or for the backend of your web app.

Make new connections and get expert guidance

We’ve set up a dedicated channel in the Learn With Jason Discord called #builder-chat for brainstorming, sharing ideas, and keeping each other accountable.

We’ve also got our friends from the AWS Amplify team available to provide technical guidance as you’re building.

The rules and how to submit

If you want to play along, here’s how:

  1. Build a web app that has a retro games theme
  2. Spend 30 minutes planning your app¹
  3. Spend 4 hours building your app¹
  4. Use AWS Amplify as part of your web app
  5. Release the source code as a public GitHub repo
  6. Publish the web app to a public URL
  7. Submit your web app by 11:59 pm Pacific on Monday, July 29, 2024

Submit your web app

Happy building! Let’s have some fun.