News, tutorials, and insights from the LocalStack team on cloud emulation, product showcases, and local development practices.https://blog.localstack.cloud/https://blog.localstack.cloud/effective-unit-testing-for-aws-step-functions/https://blog.localstack.cloud/effective-unit-testing-for-aws-step-functions/AWS recently introduced enhancements to the TestState API for unit-testing individual states in a Step Functions state machine and LocalStack has partnered with them to support using this new feature locally.Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.localstack.cloud/aws-step-functions-mocking/https://blog.localstack.cloud/aws-step-functions-mocking/Learn how to use LocalStack as a drop-in replacement for AWS Step Functions Local to test your state machine workflows locally with mocking capabilities, allowing you to avoid undesirable side effects, speed up test execution, and validate workflow logic without deploying to the cloud.Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.localstack.cloud/aws-step-functions-made-easy/https://blog.localstack.cloud/aws-step-functions-made-easy/LocalStack is excited to announce same day support for new features just announced for AWS Step Functions that make building workflows easier including support for variables and for JSONata.Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT