SkillPractical AWS Certified Developer - Associate certification tests are intended for individuals who perform a development role and have one or more years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining an AWS-based application.

This SkillPractical AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification test will help you to gain knowledge on:

• Demonstrate an understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices

• Demonstrate proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS

Recommended AWS Knowledge

• 1 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 lifecycle 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 (e.g., not using secret and access keys in the code, instead of 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

Content Outline
This exam guide includes weightings, test domains, and objectives only. It is not a comprehensive listing of the content of this examination. The table below lists the main content domains and their weightings.

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