Common tasks for getting started with Amazon SQS

Once you've created a queue and learned how to send, receive, and delete messages and how to delete a queue, you might want to try the following:

• To trigger a Lambda function, see Configuring an Amazon SQS queue to trigger an Amazon Lambda function.

• Learn how to configure queues, including SSE and other features.

• Learn how to send a message with attributes.

• Learn how to send a message from a VPC.

• To discover the functionality and architecture of Amazon SQS, see Amazon SQS queue types and Basic Amazon SQS architecture.

• To find out the guidelines and caveats that will help you make the most of Amazon SQS, see Amazon SQS best practices.

• Explore the Amazon SQS examples for one of the Amazon SDKs, such as the Amazon SDK for Java 2.x Developer Guide.

• To learn about Amazon SQS Amazon CLI commands, see the Amazon CLI Command Reference.

• To learn about Amazon SQS actions, see the Amazon Simple Queue Service API Reference.

• Learn how to interact with Amazon SQS programmatically: Read Working with APIs and explore the Amazon Development Center:

  • Java

  • JavaScript

  • PHP

  • Python

  • Ruby

  • Windows & .NET

• Learn about keeping an eye on costs and resources in the Troubleshooting issues in Amazon SQS section.

• Learn about protecting your data and access to it in the Security section.

• Learn more about the Amazon SQS workflow in the Amazon SQS access control process workflow section.