Serverless Framework CRON JOB Scheduler Offline Local Testing Node JS

In this article, We will discuss how we can test Serverless Framework CRON Job Scheduler Offline or Local using a Node JS.

Sometimes you need to test functionality locally on your system for instance you have Serverless Function (AWS lambda) that schedule to execute every 30 minutes to perform any X or Y task. So the question is how do you test it locally before deploying to the AWS environment?

We will teach you don’t worry :) there are many benefits of testing locally before deploying to the AWS environment such as

1. Save Cost
2. Save Time
3. Test Performance Locally

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What is CRON JOB Scheduler?

A task that executes in the background on a particular or defined date/time called CRON JOB

Example:

You have the task or function to check the user's birthday every 24 hrs from the database and…