AWS Cloud Quest: Serverless Developer

   

AWS Cloud Quest is a role-based learning game that helps you build practical AWS skills through exercises and hands-on activities using AWS services. Within AWS Cloud Quest, there are roles you can choose from several technical domains. After starting AWS Cloud Quest, choose the Serverless Developer Role to learn how to adopt AWS serverless services to build modern-applications.

AWS Cloud Quest - Serverless Developer Role

The Cloud Quest Serverless Developer role will guide you on using AWS Serverless services to build modern architectures. You will design, build, integrate and deploy applications using serverless computing, NoSQL databases, secure APIs, messaging, infrastructure automation, and continuous integration and deployment pipelines(CI/CD).

 

How does it work?

Players enter a virtual city and choose a pre-defined role like "Security Specialist", “Serverless Developer” or “Machine Learning", that enable quests tailored to the chosen role. As players progress through the game, they will earn rewards and status for completing activities that unlock new learning areas.

Data Analytics Role Assignments

Cloud Computing Essentials Amazon S3

Cloud First StepsAmazon EC2, AWS Infrastructure

Computing SolutionsAmazon EC2

Cloud EconomicsAmazon EC2, AWS Pricing Calculator

Networking ConceptsAmazon EC2, Amazon VPC

Databases in PracticeAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

Serverless FoundationsAWS Lambda

Core Security ConceptsAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon EC2

Deploying RESTful APIsAmazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda


API with DatabaseAmazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon DynamoDB

File Systems in the CloudAmazon EC2, Amazon Elastic File System

Resource MonitoringAmazon CloudWatch, Amazon EC2

Set Up a Cloud Development EnvironmentAWS CodeCommit, AWS Cloud9


Single Page AppAWS Lambda, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudWatch

Templating Serverless ApplicationsSAM, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud9

Deploying APIs GraduallyAmazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, SAM, AWS Cloud9, AWS CodeDeploy

Integrating Serverless ApplicationsAWS Lambda, Amazon SQS

Design NoSQL DatabasesAmazon DynamoDB, AWS Cloud9

Continuous Delivery PipelineAWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Cloud9

Parallel Data ProcessingAmazon SNS, AWS Lambda, Amazon CloudWatch

Triggers - Aggregating DataAmazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda

Orchestrate Serverless WorkflowsAmazon Rekognition, AWS Lambda, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Comprehend, AWS Step Functions