Studying towards becoming an AWS developer

vaughan mason - 2021-06-23

Motivation

Can you get a certification without paying for anything?
Developer certificaiton will help validate skills in leading an Engineering team.
The reason I’m choosing to start in AWS is that I have been putting it off for a long time.

Study plan

Going to spend an hour each day researching the topic. Finding additional material and creating a blog post for each one.
Then will dive deeper into each section refining the blog posts.

Exam Date

Need to commit to a date - 31 September 2021 (12 weeks)

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Exam Guide

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Domain 1: Deployment

1.1 Deploy written code in AWS using existing CI/CD pipelines, processes, and patterns

1.2 Deploy applications using Elastic Beanstalk

1.3 Prepare the application deployment package to be deployed to AWS

1.4 Deploy serverless applications

Domain 2: Security

2.1 Make authenticated calls to AWS services

2.2 Implement encryption using AWS services

2.3 Implement application authentication, and authorization

Domain 3: Development with AWS Services

3.1 Write code for serverless applications

3.2 Translate functional requirements into application design

3.3 Implement application design into application code

3.4 Write code that interacts with AWS services by using APIs, SDKs, and AWS CLI

Domain 4: Refactoring

4.1 Optimize application to best use AWS services and features

4.2 Migrate existing application code to run on AWS

Domain 5: Monitoring and Troubleshooting

5.1 Write code that can be monitored

5.2 Perform root cause analysis on faults found in testing or production

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