Building a backend for an application

With AWS Amplify you can build a fullstack application with data, authentication, storage, and frontend hosting that is deployed to AWS.

AWS Amplify Gen 2 introduces a TypeScript-based, code-first developer experience for defining backends. To learn how to use Amplify Gen 2 to build and connect a backend to your app, see Build & connect backend in the Amplify docs.

If you are looking for the documentation for building a backend for a Gen 1 app, using the CLI and Amplify Studio, see Build & connect backend in the Gen 1 Amplify docs.

Topics

Create a backend for a Gen 2 app
Create a backend for a Gen 1 app

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Document Conventions

Use Amplify backends across apps (Gen 1 apps only)

Create a backend for a Gen 2 app