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Testing Serverless Apps Locally — AWS SAM Local vs LocalStack

Testing Serverless Apps Locally — AWS SAM Local vs LocalStack

Learn how to test serverless apps locally using AWS SAM Local and LocalStack’s samlocal. This tutorial walks through a Lambda Authorizer, highlighting SAM Local's function-level testing capabilities against LocalStack's high-fidelity emulation for testing serverless integrations.

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