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AWS Step Functions: Serverless Workflow Orchestration
Coordinating multiple Lambda functions and AWS services into a reliable, visual, stateful workflow — retries, error handling, parallel branches, and human-approval steps without custom orchestration code.
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- •Explain what problem Step Functions solves that chaining Lambda functions directly doesn't
- •Distinguish the Standard and Express workflow types and when each applies
- •Describe how Step Functions handles retries and error catching declaratively
- •Trace an example workflow combining sequential, parallel, and choice states
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