Learn how to develop secure and scalable cloud applications.

This AWS Certified Developer – Associate certification course showcases knowledge and understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices, and proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications by using AWS.

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Overview

Join an elite community of AWS Certified Developers today.

This AWS-DEV: Developing on AWS course:

  • teaches experienced developers how to programmatically interact with AWS services to build web solutions
  • guides attendees through a high-level architectural discussion on resource selection
  • dives deep into using the AWS Software Development Kits (AWS SDKs) and Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to build and deploy your cloud applications.
  • guides attendees to build a sample application and how to set up permissions to the development environment
  • advise business logic to process data using AWS core services, configure user authentications, deploy to AWS cloud, and debug to resolve application issues.

This AWS Developer training includes code examples to help you implement the design patterns and solutions discussed in the course. The labs reinforce key course content and help you to implement solutions using the AWS SDK for Python, .NET, and Java, the AWS CLI, and the AWS Management Console.

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Skills Covered

In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Build a simple end-to-end cloud application using AWS Software Development Kits (AWS SDKs), Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), and IDEs.
  • Configure AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions to support a development environment.
  • Use multiple programming patterns in your applications to access AWS services.
  • Use AWS SDKs to perform CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon DynamoDB resources.
  • Build AWS Lambda functions with other service integrations for your web applications.
  • Understand the benefits of microservices architectures and serverless applications to design.
  • Develop API Gateway components and integrate with other AWS services.
  • Explain how Amazon Cognito controls user access to AWS resources.
  • Build a web application using Cognito to provide and control user access.
  • Use DevOps methodology to reduce the risks associated with traditional application releases and identify AWS services that help in implementing DevOps practices.
  • Use AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) to deploy an application.
  • Observe your application build using Amazon X-Ray.

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

  • In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language
  • Working knowledge of core AWS services and public cloud implementation
  • Completion of AWS-TE: AWS Technical Essentials is highly recommended.

Target Audience

  • Intermediate-level software developers

Course Curriculum

Module 0: Course Overview

  • Agenda
  • Introductions
  • Student resources

Module 1: Introduction to AWS

  • Introduction to the AWS Cloud
  • Cloud scenarios
  • Infrastructure overview
  • Introduction to AWS foundation services

Module 2: Introduction to Developing on AWS

  • Getting started with developing on AWS
  • Introduction to developer tools
  • Introduction to management tools

Module 3: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management

  • Shared responsibility model
  • Introduction to IAM
  • Use authentication and authorization

Module 4: Introduction to the Lab Environment

  • Introduction to the lab environment
  • Lab 1: Getting started and working with IAM

Module 5: Developing Storage Solutions with Amazon Simple Storage Service

  • Overview of AWS storage options
  • Amazon S3 key concepts
  • Best practices
  • Troubleshooting
  • Scenario: Building a complete application
  • Lab 2: Developing storage solutions with Amazon S3

Module 6: Developing Flexible NoSQL Solutions with Amazon DynamoDB

  • Introduction to AWS database options
  • Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
  • Developing with DynamoDB
  • Best practices
  • Troubleshooting
  • Scenario: Building an end-to-end app
  • Lab 3: Developing flexible NoSQL solutions with Amazon DynamoDB

Module 7: Developing Event-Driven Solutions with AWS Lambda

  • What is serverless computing?
  • Introduction to AWS Lambda
  • Key concepts
  • How Lambda works
  • Use cases
  • Best practices
  • Scenario: Build an end-to-end app

Module 8: Developing Solutions with Amazon API Gateway

  • Introduction to Amazon API Gateway
  • Developing with API Gateway
  • Best practices
  • Introduction to AWS Serverless Application Model
  • Scenario: Building an end-to-end app
  • Lab 4: Developing event-driven solutions with AWS Lambda

Module 9: Developing Solutions with AWS Step Functions

  • Understanding the need for Step Functions
  • Introduction to AWS Step Functions
  • Use cases

Module 10: Developing Solutions with Amazon Simple Queue Service and Amazon Simple Notification Service

  • Why use a queueing service?
  • Developing with Amazon Simple Queue Service
  • Developing with Amazon Simple Notification Service
  • Developing with Amazon MQ
  • Lab 5: Developing messaging solutions with Amazon SQS and Amazon SNS

Module 11: Caching Information with Amazon ElastiCache

  • Caching overview
  • Caching with Amazon ElastiCache
  • Caching strategies

Module 12: Developing Secure Applications

  • Securing your applications
  • Authenticating your applications to AWS
  • Authenticating your customers
  • Scenario: Building an end-to-end app

Module 13: Deploying Applications

  • Introduction to DevOps
  • Introduction to deployment and testing strategies
  • Deploying applications with AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • Scenario: Building an end-to-end app
  • Lab 6: Building an end-to-end app

Module 14: Course wrap-up

  • Course overview
  • AWS training courses
  • Certifications
  • Course feedback

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Exam & Certification

AWS Certified Developer – Associate. (DVA-C02)

The AWS Certified Developer – Associate examination is intended for individuals who perform a development role and have one or more years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining an AWS-based application.

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Training & Certification Guide

Validate your technical skills and expertise with an industry-recognized credential and grow your career.

The AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C01) exam is intended for individuals who perform a developer role. The exam validates a candidate’s ability to do the following:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best
    practices
  • Demonstrate proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications by using AWS

Format: 65 questions; either multiple choice or multiple response

Type: Associate

Delivery Method: Testing center or online proctored exam

Time: 130 mins to complete the exam

Cost: 150 USD (Practice exam: 20 USD)

Language: Available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese

The target candidate should be able to do the following:

  • Use the AWS service APIs, CLI, and software development kits (SDKs) to write applications
  • Identify key features of AWS services
  • Understand the AWS shared responsibility model
  • Use a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline to deploy applications on AWS
  • Use and interact with AWS services
  • Apply basic understanding of cloud-native applications to write code
  • Write code by using AWS security best practices (for example, use IAM roles instead of secret and Acess keys in the code)
  • Author, maintain, and debug code modules on AWS

There are two types of questions on the exam:

  • Multiple choice: Has one correct response and three incorrect responses (distractors)
  • Multiple response: Has two or more correct responses out of five or more response options

Select one or more responses that best complete the statement or answer the question. Distractors, or incorrect answers, are response options that a candidate with incomplete knowledge or skill might choose. Distractors are generally plausible responses that match the content area.

Unanswered questions are scored as incorrect; there is no penalty for guessing. The exam includes
50 questions that will affect your score.

This exam guide includes weightings, test domains, and objectives for the exam. It is not a comprehensive listing of the content on the exam. However, additional context for each of the objectives is available to help guide your preparation for the exam. The following table lists the main content domains and their weightings.

The percentage in each domain represents only scored content.

  • Domain 1: Deployment 22%
  • Domain 2: Security 26%
  • Domain 3: Development with AWS Services 30%
  • Domain 4: Refactoring 10%
  • Domain 5: Monitoring and Troubleshooting 12%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Build credibility

  • Skills validation – Earning AWS Certified Developer – Associate shows you have the skills to develop, deploy, and debug cloud-based applications using AWS. Highlight your ability to write applications with AWS service APIs, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), and SDKs, use containers, and deploy with a CI/CD pipeline.
  • Confidence – Feel confident developing with AWS core services. AWS Certified Developer – Associate validates that you meet the bar set by AWS experts.
  • Best practices – Showcase your experience writing applications with AWS best practices.

Discover more opportunities

  • Recognition – With a digital badge that verifies your achievement, AWS Certified Developer – Associate indicates experience with cloud-based and serverless applications on the AWS Cloud. Use your badge to indicate your understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices.
  • Differentiate your skill set – Showcase your experience developing with AWS. With a credential that represents an ability to write cloud-based and serverless applications, you can highlight both experience and skill with AWS core services and best practices.

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Your teams will receive official AWS Training, learning from curriculum designed by the experts at AWS. Our courses are based on real-world customer scenarios and our teams’ firsthand knowledge of how and where customers need help building in the AWS Cloud. AWS Classroom Training is the only training authored by AWS and delivered by expert AWS Authorized Instructors.

Come with questions, leave with answers

Instructors with deep technical knowledge will help your teams break down complex topics, address specific areas of concern, and provide constructive feedback in real time.

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Your teams will practice new skills in a real AWS environment. They’ll learn AWS on AWS, with opportunities to complete hands-on labs while using AWS services via the AWS Management Console and AWS Command Line Interface (CLI).

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Cloud skills training can lead to faster time to market, increased profitability, lower business risk, and higher employee engagement.3 AWS Classroom Training helps you achieve these benefits and more—quickly and comprehensively—by enabling your teams to develop essential, in-demand cloud skills in a supportive and interactive environment. As your teams develop cloud fluency, AWS Classroom Training can also lead to more effective collaboration and faster innovation through a shared understanding.

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The cost of reskilling an existing employee is estimated to be 23% cheaper than hiring a new employee.4 It can help you retain your employees by investing in their professional growth with training that can propel their careers. And it empowers your staff to leverage the foundational skills and knowledge they already have as they transition to cloud roles.

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We offer technical role-based learning paths for architects, developers, and operations staff. We also offer a Cloud Practitioner learning path for business decision makers who want to learn AWS Cloud fundamentals. Additional solutions-based learning paths focus on topics like machine learning, storage, data analytics, and security.

You will learn directly from AWS experts who have domain experience and access to the latest AWS Cloud products, services, and teaching methods. This training will increase your credibility as someone who uses and makes decisions about cloud services.

Building clouds skills through high-quality digital training can also support the credibility of your entire organization. When your technologists and strategists are well trained in cloud skills, they can more easily project confidence about your cloud strategy.

AWS Certification helps learners build credibility and confidence by validating their cloud expertise with an industry-recognized credential and organizations identify skilled professionals to lead cloud initiatives using AWS. Just like learning music theory enables you to jam, a strong grounding in cloud principles empowers you to creatively explore cloud options.

Having the skills and insight to act upon your creativity and inspiration is essential to discovering new business opportunities in the cloud and helping your organization innovate. You’ll be able to experiment with AWS Cloud services, quickly testing products and implementing strategies to determine what best delivers your organizational goals.

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AWS offers four categories of certifications, three of which correspond to the amount of experience you have with the AWS Cloud. For Specialty certifications, the amount of recommended experience varies by certification.

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