AWS Certified Developer - Associate Tutorial - Step 1

With the current rapid adaptation of the cloud platform, the need for cloud certification has also increased worldwide. This guide is your one-stop solution to going from zero to certified in AWS. This course will help you gain technical expertise in developing and maintaining applications on the AWS platform.

We begin with a quick introduction to AWS and the prerequisites to get you started. Then, we’ll ensure you have a fair understanding of core AWS services, use cases, and basic architecture. Next, we’ll teach you how to design, develop, and deploy cloud-based solutions using AWS.

The main portion of the video explores topics such as Simple Storage Service, DynamoDB, VPC, Simple Queue Service, Simple Notification Service, Simple Workflow Service, Elastic Beanstalk, and CloudFormation. Finally, we cover practice questions and mock tests, giving you the confidence to clear your AWS exam. By the end of this video, you will be able to pass the AWS exam and develop and manage your application on the AWS platform.

About the Author

Colibri Ltd. is a technology consultancy company founded in 2015 by James Cross and Ingrid Funie. The company works to help their clients navigate the rapidly changing and complex world of emerging technologies, with deep expertise in areas such as Big Data, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Cloud Computing. 
Over the past few years, they have worked with some of the world's largest and most prestigious companies, including a tier 1 investment bank, a leading management consultancy group, and one of the world's most popular soft drinks companies, helping each of them to better make sense of their data and process it in more intelligent ways.

The company lives by their moto: Data -> Intelligence -> Action.

Our author, Raluca Bolovan is a DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, and AWS Certified Developer.

She graduated with a first class honours MEng degree in Computing (Software Engineering) from Imperial College London. She worked in Investment Banking for three years with technologies such as Python, Java, and Spring. She then moved into the FinTech industry and has written microservices running on Docker on AWS. 
Raluca has several years of experience architecting and implementing new solutions on the AWS platform. She has built, among others, a serverless ETL and data warehousing solution using AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, Redshift, and S3 as the principal components. 
She is also interested in new technologies. She has worked in her career so far in most aspects of technology roles ranging from front-end development with JavaScript and Django to back-end with microservices in Java 8 and Postgres, and more recently in DevOps on AWS. If the technology could be the solution for the task at hand, she will definitely try it.

Who is the target audience?

• This video is for IT professionals and developers looking to clear the AWS Certified Developer – Associate 2017 exam. You’ll also find this book useful if you’re a developer looking to develop and manage your applications on the AWS platform. No prior AWS experience is needed.