Developing on AWS with JAM

4 days

English

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This course prepares you to become a AWS Certified Developer (Associate Level). You will learn in-depth knowledge about how to interact, using code and covers key concepts, best practices and troubleshooting tips.

Content

Day 1: Building the Foundation

Introduction to Developing on AWS
Choosing a Data Store
Developing Storage Solutions with Amazon S3
Developing Flexible NoSQL Solutions with Amazon DynamoDB

Day 2: Connecting Applications and Data with Event-Driven Processing

Working with Events
Developing Event-Driven Solutions with Amazon Kinesis Stream
Developing Event-Driven Solutions with Amazon SWF, Amazon SQS, and Amazon SNS
Developing Event-Driven Solutions with AWS Lambda

Day 3: Developing and Deploying Secure, Scalable Applications

Developing Secure Applications
Caching Information for Scalability
Monitoring Your Application and AWS Resources with Amazon CloudWatch
Deploying Applications with AWS Elastic Beanstalk and AWS CloudFormation

Day 4: AWS Jam Day

Solve real-world challenges together as a team in a safe AWS environment, guided by your instructor
Compete against other teams to win the challenge with your colleagues and put your AWS skills into action
All challenges are based on the scope of the course and will support your learning curve in a very effective way

Consists of the following modules

Developing on AWS
Developing on AWS – JAM Day

Benefits

Setting up the AWS SDK and developer credentials for Java, C#/.NET, Python, and JavaScript
Interacting with AWS services and develop solutions by using the AWS SDK
Using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for service authentication
Using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon DynamoDB as data stores
Integrating applications and data by using AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), and AWS Step Functions
Using Web Identity Framework and Amazon Cognito for user authentication
Using Amazon ElastiCache to improve application scalability
Using containers in the development process
Leveraging the CI/CD pipeline to deploy applications on AWS

AWS JAM Day will be featured on the final, 4th day of this course, as a gamified event where you will be split into teams to compete in a series of best practice challenges based on concepts covered in the course. In addition to the hands-on labs of the courses, an additional day of curated and instructor-facilitated challenges allows learners to use AWS Jam to address real-world scenarios, representing common operational and troubleshooting tasks relevant for your job role. You will be able to apply your knowledge in a safe and real AWS environment and score points if you solve the challenge correctly.
The aim of an AWS Jam is to develop, improve, and validate your skills in the AWS cloud and get ready to use your practical skills when you are back on your daily job.

This course prepares you to achieve the following official AWS Certification: AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Instructor

Vladimir Sabo

Henrique Alves

Frank Bormann

Methods

This course comes in 4 instructor-led full day sessions with the instructor supervising the participants live. Each course consits of theory parts with live demos and practical lab exercises. The course can be attended via Zoom. Please also refer to each course's description for specific details regarding the prerequisites and the covered topics.

The last day of the course is an AWS JAM: Transform your theoretical skills into practical doing by solving real-word problems in a sandbox environment.

Who should attend

This course is intended for the following job roles:

Developer
DevOps

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

Students should have in-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language