Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Developer

Cloud Architecture Considerations

• What is cloud computing?

• Cloud Computing models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS

• Cloud implementation models: Public, Private, Hybrid

• What’s AWS?

• Main services overview (Compute, Storage, DB, Network)

• How to design cloud services?

• Planning and design

• Amazon S3, Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWS), and Messaging

• Configure an Amazon Machine Image (AMI

• DynamoDB, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS CloudFormation

• Elasticity and scalability, Database concepts

• Familiarity with architectural trade-off decisions (Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Optimum Cloud Deployment and Maintenance

• Cloud Security Best Practices

• Shared Security Responsibility Model

• AWS Platform Compliance

• AWS security attributes (customer workloads down to physical layer)

• Security Services

• AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM)

• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

• CIA and AAA models, ingress vs. egress filtering, and which AWS services and features fit

Cloud Solution

• Programming with AWS APIs

• General troubleshooting information and questions

• Best Practices in debugging

AWS Exam Concepts

• Picking the right AWS services for the application

• Leveraging AWS SDKs to interact with AWS services from your application

• Writing code that optimizes performance of AWS services used by your application

• Code-level application security (IAM roles, credentials, encryption, etc.)