In this blog, you will learn how to use Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) in a Spring Boot App. You will use the AWS SDK for Java for this purpose. Most of the SQS features, which can also be executed manually via the AWS console, will be covered within this blog.
1. Introduction
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables you to decouple and scale your applications. It is a fully managed service, so you will not have to take care of managing the service yourself. You can create queues, send and receive messages, send messages to a Dead Letter Queue when they could not be processed successfully, etc.