AWS Certification Resources

aws-resources.md

Blog posts

• https://navcode.info/2014/06/24/preparing-for-aws-certified-solutions-architect-certification/
• http://www.cynnefo.com/articles/amazon-solution-architect-associate/
• http://www.logicworks.net/blog/2015/07/engineers-cloud-certified-aws-certification/

Quora

• https://www.quora.com/Is-studying-the-AWS-user-guides-and-white-papers-sufficient-enough-to-clear-the-associate-level-certification
• https://www.quora.com/unanswered/How-many-years-of-work-experience-will-be-good-for-doing-AWS-solution-architect-certification
• https://www.quora.com/How-valuable-is-it-to-get-an-AWS-certification
• https://www.quora.com/How-did-you-promote-your-AWS-Certification
• https://www.quora.com/How-hard-is-the-AWS-Developer-Associate-certification

Resources

• http://cloudacademy.com/blog/aws-certifications-study-guide-2/
• https://acloud.guru/course/aws-certified-developer-associate/discuss/-KJtS70jvG5WsAosb8X0/passed-the-aws-cda-with-96-today

Big collection of resources

Topics which I read based on the previous forum discussions

Amazon DynamoDB January 2016 Day at the SF Loft - DynamoDB Design Patterns and Best Practices - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDQ3jbDyTQ4

AWS re:Invent 2015 | (NET201) VPC Fundamentals and Connectivity Options - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_bQ6Dgk6k8

Optimising S3 Key (File) names for heavy load (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/request-rate-perf-considerations.html)

Optimising DynamoDB operations (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/QueryAndScanGuidelines.html)

ELB and session cookies (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/elb-sticky-sessions.html)

Topics i covered on my own and found to be of some value in the exam

Journey Through the Cloud - Security Best Practices (I took this instead of going through the AWS Security Whitepaper) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXPyGDWKHIo

Advanced Security Best Practices Masterclass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU1x5SfKEzs

Know the available SDKs - https://aws.amazon.com/tools

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/referencepoliciesevaluation-logic.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/ServerLogs.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/json-formats.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Limits.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/mobile-push-send-devicetoken.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/troubleshooting.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/BucketRestrictions.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/GettingStarted.html

https://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/

https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/details/

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/example-templates-autoscaling.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/UsingServerSideEncryption.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/ObjectOperations.html

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html

Also - make sure you understand each and every question in the sample questions provided by AWS. i thoroughly worked them out and found that 9 out of 10 questions in the sample paper come in the main exam. - http://awstrainingandcertification.s3.amazonaws.com/production/AWScertifieddeveloperassociateexamsample.pdf

Also - if you have time, go through the premium support FAQs. https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/. these are typical scenario questions which address scenarios when something wrong happens in AWS and how to rectify them. This will give you a better understanding of the issues that you might come across while working on AWS.

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