Goodbye Python2.7

 

Python is one of the powerful language recently used in the industry.  Why? Because, it is dynamically typed with garbage collected concepts. Also, it supports multiple programming paradigms like structured, procedural, object-oriented and functional programming.

Coming back to AWS Cloud world, Python plays a vital role.  

Few key dates and updates of AWS Lambda Python 2.7 deprecation

• January 1, 2020 - Python Software Foundation (PSF) officially sunset Python 2.7
  
  
• July 15, 2021 - AWS Lambda will end support for Python 2.7
• You will not be able to create new Python 2.7 functions after this date
  
  
• September 30, 2021 - Unable to update existing Python 2.7 functions
• Invokes to existing functions will not be affected
• Existing function runtime can still be changed
  
  
• Resources:
• AWS Blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/announcing-end-of-support-for-python-2-7-in-aws-lambda/
• PSF Migration Guide: https://docs.python.org/3/howto/pyporting.html

It is high time to take an immediate action against the existing Python 2.7 Lambda functions in your firm.