What are the main components of a serverless application?

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The main components include:

Functions as a Service (FaaS): Core compute units (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)
API Gateway: Manages HTTP requests and routing to functions
Event Sources: Triggers that invoke functions (databases, queues, HTTP requests)
Storage Services: Databases and file storage (DynamoDB, S3)
Message Queues: Asynchronous communication between services
Authentication & Authorization: Identity management services
Monitoring & Logging: Observability tools for tracking performance
These components work together to create a fully managed, event-driven application architecture.

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