TyX: Serverless Back-End Framework in TypeScript for Lambda

It looks like the routing and server could well be rolled up into one FaaS on AWS Lambda. Apex Up does something similar for multiple languages and handles the API gateway config as well as custom URL SSL certs etc.

I used Apex Up for a while and it was fairly amazing for deployment. I stopped using it because the nature of my work changed.

> Express is an established node.js web framework and there is a wealth of third party middleware packages that may not be available in other form. The ExpressService base class uses aws-serverless-express to host an Express application. This is not intended to host existing Express applications but more as a solution to bridge the gap for specific functionalities, for example use Passport.js to implement user authentication.

Interesting, that's not something I've considered when building lambda functions in JS. Does this add to the cold start time? Probably, right?

I feel like, when using Lambda, the point is to be lean and not invoke a framework. Using the middleware makes sense, but why not add an adapter for the package you want to use?

I'm just spit-balling.

At first glance TyX looks like a quite impressive and comprehensive toolkit. Are there other comparable frameworks that make a good starting point for understanding the completeness and functionality of this one?

Why would you do a multi-route API inside a Lambda? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the Lambda itself?

What about Google Cloud functions?