AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide, Associate Exam
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The AWS exam has been updated. Your study guide should be, too.
The AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide–Associate Exam is your ultimate preparation resource for the latest exam! Covering all exam objectives, this invaluable resource puts a team of AWS experts at your side with expert guidance, clear explanations, and the wisdom of experience with AWS best practices. You’ll master core services and basic architecture, and equip yourself to develop, deploy, and debug cloud-based applications using AWS.
The AWS Developer certification is earned by those who demonstrate the technical knowledge and skill associated with best practices for building secure, reliable cloud-based applications using AWS technology. This book is your official exam prep companion, providing everything you need to know to pass with flying colors.
- Study the AWS Certified Developer Exam objectives
- Gain expert insight on core AWS services and best practices
- Test your understanding of key concepts with challenging chapter questions
- Access online study tools including electronic flashcards, a searchable glossary, practice exams, and more
Cloud computing offers businesses the opportunity to replace up-front capital infrastructure expenses with low, variable costs that scale as they grow. This customized responsiveness has negated the need for far-future infrastructure planning, putting thousands of servers at their disposal as needed—and businesses have responded, propelling AWS to the number-one spot among cloud service providers. Now these businesses need qualified AWS developers, and the AWS certification validates the exact skills and knowledge they’re looking for. When you’re ready to get serious about your cloud credentials, the AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide–Associate Exam is the resource you need to pass the exam with flying colors.
NOTE: As of October 7, 2019, the accompanying code for Chapters 1, 2, 11, and 12 hands-on exercises in the book is available for downloading from the secure Resources area in the online test bank.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- About the Authors
- Table of Exercises
- Foreword
- Introduction
- What Does This Book Cover?
- Interactive Online Learning Environment and Test Bank
- Exam Objectives
- Objective Map
- Introduction to AWS
- Calling an AWS Cloud Service
- Working with Regions
- API Credentials and AWS Identity and Access Management
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
- Running Applications on Instances
- Customizing the Network
- Managing Your Resources
- Developer Tools
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to AWS Storage
- Storage Fundamentals
- AWS Block Storage Services
- AWS Object Storage Services
- AWS File Storage Services
- Storage Comparisons
- Cloud Data Migration
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Databases
- Relational Databases
- Nonrelational Databases
- Data Warehouse
- In-Memory Data Stores
- Graph Databases
- Cloud Database Migration
- Running Your Own Database on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
- Compliance and Security
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Encryption
- AWS Key Management Service
- AWS CloudHSM
- Controlling the Access Keys
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Deployments on the AWS Cloud
- AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- Deployment Strategies
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to AWS Code Services
- Using AWS CodePipeline to Automate Deployments
- Using AWS CodeCommit as a Source Repository
- Using AWS CodeBuild to Create Build Artifacts
- Using AWS CodeDeploy to Deploy Applications
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
- Infrastructure as Code
- Using AWS CloudFormation to Deploy Infrastructure
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Configuration as Code
- Using AWS OpsWorks Stacks to Deploy Applications
- Using Amazon Elastic Container Service to Deploy Containers
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Authentication and Authorization
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Refactor to Microservices
- Amazon Simple Queue Service
- Amazon Simple Notification Service
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
- Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
- Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
- Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
- Amazon DynamoDB Streams
- AWS IoT Device Management
- Amazon MQ
- AWS Step Functions
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Serverless Compute
- AWS Lambda
- AWS Lambda Functions
- Inside the AWS Lambda Function
- Configuring the AWS Lambda Function
- Invoking AWS Lambda Functions
- Monitoring AWS Lambda Functions
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Serverless Applications
- Web Server with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Presentation Tier)
- Dynamic Data with Amazon API Gateway (Logic or App Tier)
- User Authentication with Amazon Cognito
- Standard Three-Tier vs. the Serverless Stack
- Amazon Aurora Serverless
- AWS Serverless Application Model
- AWS SAM CLI
- AWS Serverless Application Repository
- Serverless Application Use Cases
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to the Stateless Application Pattern
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon ElastiCache
- Amazon Simple Storage Service
- Amazon Elastic File System
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Amazon CloudWatch
- AWS CloudTrail
- AWS X-Ray
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Introduction to Optimization
- Cost Optimization: Everyone’s Responsibility
- Right Sizing
- Using Instance Reservations
- Using Spot Instances
- Using AWS Auto Scaling
- Using Containers
- Using Serverless Approaches
- Optimizing Storage
- Optimizing Data Transfer
- Relational Databases and Amazon DynamoDB
- Monitoring Costs
- Monitoring Performance
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Resources to Review
- Exercises
- Review Questions
- Chapter 1: Introduction to AWS Cloud API
- Chapter 2: Introduction to Compute and Networking
- Chapter 3: Hello, Storage
- Chapter 4: Hello, Databases
- Chapter 5: Encryption on AWS
- Chapter 6: Deployment Strategies
- Chapter 7: Deployment as Code
- Chapter 8: Infrastructure as Code
- Chapter 9: Configuration as Code
- Chapter 10: Authentication and Authorization
- Chapter 11: Refactor to Microservices
- Chapter 12: Serverless Compute
- Chapter 13: Serverless Applications
- Chapter 14: Stateless Application Patterns
- Chapter 15: Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Chapter 16: Optimization
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- Title: AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide, Associate Exam
- Author(s): Nick Alteen, Jennifer Fisher, Casey Gerena, Wes Gruver, Asim Jalis, Heiwad Osman, Marife Pagan, Santosh Patlolla, Michael Roth
- Release date: September 2019
- Publisher(s): Sybex
- ISBN: 9781119508199
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