diff --git a/backend/.env b/backend/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5ca10f
--- /dev/null
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+AWS_ENVIRONMENT=development
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_key
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret
+AWS_PROFILE=
+AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=
+AWS_ROLE_ARN=your_amazon_role
+AWS_REGION=us-east-1
+AWS_FUNCTION_NAME=
+AWS_HANDLER=index.handler
+AWS_MEMORY_SIZE=128
+AWS_TIMEOUT=3
+AWS_DESCRIPTION=
+AWS_RUNTIME=nodejs6.10
+AWS_VPC_SUBNETS=
+AWS_VPC_SECURITY_GROUPS=
+AWS_TRACING_CONFIG=
+AWS_LOGS_RETENTION_IN_DAYS=
+EXCLUDE_GLOBS="event.json"
+PACKAGE_DIRECTORY=build
diff --git a/backend/context.json b/backend/context.json
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index 0000000..9e26dfe
--- /dev/null
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diff --git a/backend/deploy.env b/backend/deploy.env
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index 0000000..71bbee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/deploy.env
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+SECRET_VARIABLE=mysecretval
diff --git a/backend/event.json b/backend/event.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61696a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/event.json
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+{
+  "key": "value",
+  "key2": "value2",
+  "other_key": "other_value"
+}
diff --git a/backend/event_sources.json b/backend/event_sources.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3aae42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/event_sources.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "EventSourceMappings": [
+    {
+      "EventSourceArn": "your event source arn",
+      "StartingPosition": "LATEST",
+      "BatchSize": 100,
+      "Enabled": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "ScheduleEvents": [
+    {
+      "ScheduleName": "node-lambda-test-schedule",
+      "ScheduleState": "ENABLED",
+      "ScheduleExpression": "rate(1 hour)",
+      "Input":
+        {
+          "key1": "value",
+          "key2": "value"
+        }
+    }
+  ],
+  "S3Events": [{
+    "Bucket": "BUCKET_NAME",
+    "Events": [
+      "s3:ObjectCreated:*"
+    ],
+    "Filter": {
+      "Key": {
+        "FilterRules": [{
+          "Name": "prefix",
+          "Value": "STRING_VALUE"
+        }]
+      }
+    }
+  }]
+}
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index 31269c6..e3a96c5 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
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diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 96bba64..88ccdfb 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
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