AWS Ramp-Up Guide: Developer

For Developers, Engineers, and DevOps Engineers

AWS Training and Certification builds your competence, confidence, and credibility through practical cloud skills that
help you innovate and build your future. Use this go-to reference guide to ramp up your knowledge of fundamentals,
concepts, and best practices for developing in the AWS Cloud. You’ll find free digital training offerings, classroom
courses, videos, whitepapers, certifications, and other resources. It’s all selected by AWS experts to teach you in-demand
cloud skills and the real-world knowledge you can use right away to grow your career. To enroll in training and
certification exams, and track your progress, visit aws.training and set up a free account.

Phase Recommended Learning Resource Duration Type

Phase 0  What is Cloud Computing? 10 minutes Webpage

Learn the  Overview of AWS 2 hours Whitepaper
fundamentals of  AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (Second Edition) free digital 6+ hours Training
AWS Cloud course or classroom course
 Cloud Computing with AWS 10 minutes Webpage
 AWS Glossary with definitions of key terms and concepts 30 minutes Whitepaper
 Job Roles in the Cloud free digital course 30 minutes Training

Phase 1  How AWS Pricing Works 45 minutes Whitepaper

Learn cloud  AWS Well-Architected Framework 30 minutes Whitepaper
developers  AWS Technical Essentials classroom course 2 hours Training
fundamentals  AWS Shared Responsibility Model free digital course 1 day Training
 Shared Responsibility Model 5 minutes Webpage
 Architecting for the Cloud: AWS Best Practices 15 minutes Whitepaper
 Tools to Build on AWS (click on your preferred programming 1 hour Webpage
language, then review the SDK, IDE options, and the Getting
Started documentation page)

Phase 2  Introduction to AWS Elastic Beanstalk free digital course 10 minutes Training
Learn cloud  AWS Security Best Practices 2 hours Whitepaper
developer  Developing on AWS classroom course 3 days Training
concepts and best  Practicing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery on 1 hour Whitepaper
practices AWS
 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification exam 1.5 hours Exam
(recommended for those with at least six months of hands-on
experience with AWS)
 AWS Developer: Building on AWS self-paced digital course 18+ hours Training
on edX

Phase 3  Getting started with Docker on AWS 45 minutes Video

Learn all about  Running Containerized Microservices on AWS 45 minutes Whitepaper
containers  Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) Primer free digital course 30 minutes Training
 Building and Deploying Containers Using Amazon Elastic 1.5 hours Hands-on lab
Container Service
 Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS) Primer 1 hour Training
free digital course

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Phase Recommended Learning Resource Duration Type

Phase 3 continued  EKS Workshop or ECS Workshop (depending on your interest) 2+ hours Workshop
 Deep Dive on Container Security free digital course 30 minutes Training
 Running Container Enabled Microservices on AWS classroom 1 day Training
course
 Introduction to Fargate 40 minutes Video
 Docker on Amazon ECS Fargate Using CloudFormation 36 minutes Video
 Deep Dive Into Container Networking - AWS Online Tech Talks 48 minutes Video
 Microservices on AWS whitepaper 1 hour Whitepaper
 AWS Developer: Deploying on AWS self-paced digital course 18+ hours Training
on edX

Phase 4  Getting Started with Serverless Architectures 46 minutes Video

Learn all about (from AWS re:Invent)
serverless  Serverless Architectural Patterns and Best Practices 1 hour Video
(from AWS re:Invent)
 Serverless Architectures with AWS Lambda 1 hour Whitepaper
 Amazon DynamoDB for Serverless Architectures free digital 2 hours Training
course
 Optimizing Enterprise Economics with Serverless Architectures 45 minutes Whitepaper
 AWS Lambda Foundations free digital course 1 hour Training
 Import Windows Server to Amazon EC2 with PowerShell 30 minutes Whitepaper
 Amazon API Gateway for Serverless Applications free digital 75 minutes Training
course 4 hours Hands-on lab
 Serverless Design with AWS Lambda
 Optimizing Enterprise Economics with Serverless Architectures 45 minutes Whitepaper
 Lambda Getting Started 5 minutes Tutorial
 Build and Deploy APIs with a Serverless CI/CD free digital course 45 minutes Training
 Wild Rydes Simulations: Web Application, Data Processing, 1 hour Simulation
DevOps, Image Processing, and Multi Region on GitHub
 Deep Dive on AWS Fargate: Building Serverless Containers at 40 minutes Training
Scale free digital course

Phase 5  AWS Developer: Optimizing on AWS self-paced digital course 18+ hours Training
Prepare for on edX
and take the AWS  Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Developer – Associate 2+ hours Training
Certified free digital course or classroom course
Developer –  AWS Certified Developer – Associate certification exam 2 hours Exam
Associate (recommended for those with at least one year of hands-on
certification experience with developing an AWS-based application)
exam  Advanced Developing on AWS classroom course 3 days Training
 AWS Development Tools Services Overview free digital course 5 minutes Training
 Introduction to AWS CloudFormation free digital course 10 minutes Training
 Introduction to AWS CodeBuild free digital course 10 minutes Training

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Phase Recommended Learning Resource Duration Type

Phase 5 continued  Introduction to AWS CodeBuild free digital course 10 minutes Training
 Introduction to AWS CodeCommit free digital course 10 minutes Training
 Introduction to AWS CodePipeline free digital course 10 minutes Training
 Introduction to AWS CodeStar free digital course 10 minutes Training
 Introduction to AWS Config free digital course 10 minutes Training
 Introduction to AWS X-Ray free digital course 10 minutes Training
 Introduction to DevOps on AWS 30 minutes Whitepaper
 Blue/Green Deployments on AWS 45 minutes Whitepaper
 Infrastructure as Code 1 hour Whitepaper
 DevOps Engineering on AWS classroom course 3 days Training
 Developing Machine Learning Applications free digital course 2+ hours Training
 Development and Test on AWS 30 minutes Whitepaper

Phase 6  2019 DevOps at Amazon Fireside Chat 42 minutes Video

Prepare for  Jenkins on AWS 1 hour Whitepaper
and take the AWS  Exam Readiness: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional 7+ hours Training
Certified DevOps free digital course or classroom course
Engineer –  Practicing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery on 1 hour Whitepaper
Professional AWS Accelerating Software Delivery with DevOps
certification  AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional certification exam 3 hours Exam
exam (recommended for those with two or more years of hands-on
experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS
environments)
 AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional exam guide and 1 hour Guide
sample questions

Phase 7  Learning Library at aws.training: Continue to learn by exploring 30 minutes Training

Explore additional our extensive portfolio of free digital training and classroom
resources training. Filter according to your preferences, or find a specific
course using the “Search” box.
 AWS User Group: Join and connect with AWS users all over the 10 minutes User Group
world to share ideas and learn.
 AWS Events and Webinars: Connect with, collaborate with, and 10 minutes Events /
learn from AWS experts. Key events include AWS re:Invent, AWS Webinars
re:Inforce, and AWS Summits.
 AWS Podcast: Listen and learn about AWS. 10 minutes Podcast
 AWS Blog: Read about the latest launches from AWS Technical 20 minutes Blog
Evangelist Jeff Barr and others
 What’s New with AWS: Stay up to date on the latest
announcements from AWS 10 minutes Webpage

For a training plan customized for your requirements, contact your AWS Account Manager or contact us at
aws.amazon.com/contact-us/aws-training/.
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