Getting it right Writing our Serverless config If you're starting from scratch, you can initialize the project with the quick start guide in the Serverless docs. I finally settled on a combo of an API built in AWS Lambda via Serverless and Nodemailer. I wasn't looking to send to an entire list of contacts and I didn't need it to be very sophisticated in terms of functionality just pass along the details and approved file types to our alias. Beyond that, most of the mailers (Mailgun, Sendgrid, et al.) I'd researched for this were very much overkill for my needs. This last bullet in particular was what nixed most of the out-of-box solutions. Because we needed 'proof', the form had to pass along user submitted files.I needed the form to mail to a contact alias (or a personal inbox).Free (or at least very cheap) tools are a must. This was a non-profit and the budget was essentially non-existent.I had a few basic needs that added to the complexity of the ask: I took it as an opportunity to write some honest, top-to-bottom, back-to-basics, vanilla javascript.įor me, the contact form was a surprisingly complicated section to build. I should have realized early on that it was all overkill for my actual needs, but bad software decisions can sneak up on you like that sometimes.

It worked fine, but I wasn't happy with the overall performance with so many DOM elements on the homepage. What's live is actually a second iteration entirely. It is obviously a good cause and gave me some room to play around with some fresh technology. I agreed to help develop it in my spare time in while in-between jobs. It's meant to serve as a digital memorial for Americans that have lost their lives due to COVID. I spent the last few months helping organize an especially heavy project with some new friends called Remembering COVID-19.

Nodemailer list of email providers