Get exam-ready in 6-weeks! Master AWS services, CI/CD, and best practices in our hands-on workshop designed for seasoned developers."
About this Event

Welcome to our AWS Certified Developer - Associate Virtual Workshop

This is a virtual, Instructor-led class.

Course Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will:

Have a strong understanding of AWS core services and how to integrate them into their applications.

Be able to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot applications in the AWS environment.

Be well-prepared to take the AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam.

This outline is designed to balance theoretical knowledge with hands-on practice, enabling seasoned developers to efficiently prepare for the AWS certification while enhancing their skills in deploying and managing applications on AWS.

Week 1: Introduction to AWS & Developer Tools

Overview of AWS Services

EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, etc.

AWS Global Infrastructure

Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations

Introduction to AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)

Roles, Policies, and Permissions

AWS Developer Tools

CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline

Setting Up AWS SDKs and CLI

Installing and Configuring AWS CLI and SDKs

Basic AWS CLI commands for developers

Week 2: Compute & Networking

Amazon EC2 and Elastic Load Balancing

EC2 Instance types and pricing

Load Balancer types and scaling options

AWS Lambda

Overview of Lambda functions and use cases

Event-Driven Architecture with Lambda

Elastic Beanstalk

Deploying and managing web applications

Amazon API Gateway

Creating, deploying, and securing APIs

Week 3: Data Storage & Management

Amazon S3

Buckets, Versioning, Security, and Storage Classes

S3 Best Practices

Amazon DynamoDB

Introduction to NoSQL, Tables, and Querying

DynamoDB Streams, Transactions, and Indexing

Amazon RDS & Aurora

Overview, use cases, and database management

Amazon ElastiCache

Introduction to Redis and Memcached

CloudFront and Global Distribution

Week 4: Security & Identity Management

AWS IAM for Developers

Creating and managing users, roles, and policies

AWS Cognito

User authentication, authorization, and identity management

Key Management Service (KMS)

Encrypting data at rest and in transit

Secrets Manager & Systems Manager Parameter Store

Managing secrets, keys, and environment variables securely

VPC Security

Security groups, NACLs, and VPC Peering

Week 5: CI/CD, Monitoring, & Logging

Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD)

Setting up pipelines with AWS CodePipeline

CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and integrating with GitHub

AWS CloudFormation

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with templates

Automating deployments and environment management

Amazon CloudWatch

Monitoring logs, metrics, and alarms

AWS X-Ray

Distributed tracing for Lambda and microservices

AWS CloudTrail

Logging API activity and tracking changes

Week 6: Exam Preparation & Best Practices

Architecting for AWS

Designing scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-optimized applications

AWS Well-Architected Framework

Security, reliability, performance, cost optimization, and operational excellence

Mock Exams & Practice Questions

Solving real-world developer scenarios

Discussion of common exam pitfalls

Final Review

Key topics and review of AWS services

Q&A session

Homework & Hands-On Labs (Each Week)

Set weekly hands-on exercises and labs based on the week's topics.
Provide practice quizzes and review questions from AWS Certified Developer-Associate exam guides.