# Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript)

> Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript)

Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript) is a developer toolkit to implement Serverless best practices and increase developer velocity. It provides a suite of utilities for AWS Lambda Functions that makes tracing with AWS X-Ray, structured logging and creating custom metrics asynchronously easier.

## Getting Started

- [Installation](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/getting-started/installation/index.md)
- [Lambda layers](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/getting-started/lambda-layers/index.md)
- [TypeScript settings](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/getting-started/typescript-settings/index.md)
- [Usage patterns](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/getting-started/usage-patterns/index.md)

## Features

- [Features](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/index.md)
- [Batch Processing](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/batch/index.md)
- [Idempotency](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/idempotency/index.md)
- [JMESPath Functions](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/jmespath/index.md)
- [Logger](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/logger/index.md)
- [Metrics](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/metrics/index.md)
- [Parameters](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/parameters/index.md)
- [Parser (Zod)](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/parser/index.md)
- [Tracer](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/tracer/index.md)
- [Validation](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/validation/index.md)
- [AppSync Events](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/features/event-handler/appsync-events/index.md)

## Environment variables

- [Environment variables](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/environment-variables/index.md)

## Upgrade guide

- [Upgrade guide](https://docs.powertools.aws.dev/lambda/typescript/latest/upgrade/index.md)