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Overview

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that helps you decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. It allows you to send, store, and receive messages between software components at any volume. SQS ensures that messages are delivered reliably and can be processed asynchronously, making it easier to build robust applications.

📚 Key Learning Objectives

  • ✓ Explain the purpose of Amazon SQS.
  • ✓ Identify key features of SQS.
  • ✓ Create a simple SQS queue.
  • ✓ Send and receive messages using SQS.
  • ✓ Understand message visibility and retention in SQS.