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AWS Certified Develper Associate
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AWS Certified Developer - Associate
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The AWS Certified Developer Associate Domains of Knowledge
The AWS Certified Developer–Associate certification is designed to test the knowledge areas aggregated into four domains of knowledge. The following table lists the breakdown of each domain represented on the exam.
Development with AWS Services
Focuses on programming with AWS services and APIs. You'll need to demonstrate the ability to write code that interacts with AWS services using SDKs, handle AWS service responses, implement error handling and retries, and manage service limits. Key skills include integrating multiple AWS services and implementing pagination for large datasets.
Security
Centers on implementing application security using AWS services. Core areas include working with IAM roles and policies, implementing encryption, managing secure credentials and secrets, and setting up service-to-service authentication. You'll need to understand how to handle temporary credentials and implement secure data storage.
Deployment
Tests your ability to deploy applications using AWS CI/CD services and container services. Covers using CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline, as well as Elastic Beanstalk and container services. Includes understanding deployment strategies, creating deployment artifacts, and implementing infrastructure as code using CloudFormation.
Troubleshooting and Optimization
Focuses on debugging, monitoring, and optimizing AWS applications. Includes implementing application monitoring and logging using CloudWatch and X-Ray, analyzing performance metrics, implementing caching solutions, and handling transient and persistent errors. You'll need to demonstrate ability to optimize applications for both performance and cost.
Becoming an AWS Certified Developer Associate
Everything about AWS Certified Develper Associate certification
The AWS Certified Developer - Associate certification validates technical expertise in developing and maintaining applications on AWS. This certification showcases your ability to write and deploy cloud-native applications using AWS services following AWS best practices.
The Goals of the AWS Certified Developer–Associate Certification
It is important to understand the knowledge requirements for passing the AWS Certified Developer–Associate exam. This will help you lay down a solid foundation of understanding of the concepts that the exam is designed to test and allow you to carve a focused path through the complicated world of AWS. We recommend creating a skills map that you can update as you learn.
Each AWS certification exam conforms to an exam blueprint. You can use the blueprint as a reference tool to get an overview of which areas of knowledge the exam is designed to test. The AWS Certified Developer–Associate exam blueprint also states that taking and passing the exam will prove:
- Your understanding of core AWS services
- Your understanding of AWS architecture best practices
- Your proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS
Recommended Prerequisite Skills
AWS outlines the experience that a candidate attempting the AWS Certified Developer–Associate exam should have. The ability to understand and be able to use AWS services should be complemented by a strong background in development. AWS outlines that each candidate attempting the exam should have experience in the following areas:
- One or more years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining an AWS-based application
- In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language
- Understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices
- Proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS
- Ability to use the AWS service APIs, AWS CLI, and SDKs to write applications
- Ability to identify key features of AWS services
- Understanding of the AWS shared responsibility model
- Understanding of application life cycle management
- Ability to use a CI/CD pipeline to deploy applications on AWS
- Ability to use or interact with AWS services
- Ability to apply a basic understanding of cloud-native applications to write code
- Ability to write code using AWS security best practices (such as not using secret and access keys in code but instead using IAM roles)
- Ability to author, maintain, and debug code modules on AWS
- Proficiency writing code for serverless applications
- Understanding of the use of containers in the development process
As you see, the list of recommended AWS knowledge is quite extensive and mainly covers real-world experience, which is invaluable in being able to develop on AWS. Of course, this list of requirements is intended for your own assessment. AWS does not require you to prove your experience and does allow you to take the exam even if you do not possess all the knowledge recommendations. The basic rule is that the more recommendations you meet, the more likely you are to pass the exam.
Facts About the Exam
The exam, which needs to be taken at an authorized exam proctor location, consists of 65 multiple-choice and multiple-answer questions and is available in English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. The allotted time for the exam is 130 minutes. The registration fee for the exam is US$150.
Earning your AWS Certified Developer
Associate certification marks the beginning of an exciting journey in cloud development. The certification opens doors to numerous career advancement opportunities, from pursuing higher-level AWS certifications to specializing in specific domains like serverless architecture or container orchestration.
Many certified developers progress into leadership roles such as Lead Cloud Developer, Cloud Architecture Engineer, or DevOps Team Lead. The certification also provides opportunities to engage with the AWS community through programs like AWS Community Builder.
Professional development extends beyond technical skills. As you progress in your career, you'll find opportunities to develop leadership skills, build a portfolio of AWS projects, and network with other certified professionals. The cloud computing landscape evolves rapidly, and your AWS Certified Developer - Associate certification demonstrates your current capabilities and commitment to growing alongside the technology.
Remember, the journey to certification is about more than passing an exam—it's about building real-world skills that will make you a more effective developer on AWS. Experiment with services, build sample applications and understand how different services work together in production environments. Your investment in AWS certification will continue to pay dividends throughout your cloud development career.