Exam Prep Enhanced Course: AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02)

In this fundamental-level course from Amazon Web Services (AWS), you learn how to assess your preparedness for the AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) exam. The AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) exam validates a candidate’s ability to demonstrate proficiency in developing, testing, deploying, and debugging AWS cloud-based applications.

Learn how to prepare for the exam by exploring the exam’s topic areas and how they align to developing on AWS and to specific areas of study. Gauge your understanding of topics and concepts from each task statement grouped by domain. Reinforce your knowledge and identify learning gaps with hands-on exercises and explanations of exam-style questions. Explore learning strategies to identify incorrect responses by interpreting the concepts that are being tested in the exam using the question explanations. Then, determine your readiness to take the exam with the Official Practice Exam.

Course level: Fundamental

Duration: 11 hours

Activities

This course includes the following:

• Videos by an expert instructor who delivers presentations and reviews exam-style questions.
• Hands-on exercises (builder labs) that help validate skills readiness.
• Official Practice Questions (Question Set, Bonus Questions, and a Practice Exam) written in same style as AWS Certification exams. All questions include detailed feedback and recommended resources to help you prepare for the exam.
• Flashcards

Course objectives

In this course, you will do the following:

1. Understand the knowledge tested by the AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) exam.
2. Evaluate your gaps in knowledge of the exam topics.
3. Validate your readiness to take the exam.

Intended audience

This course is intended for individuals who do the following:

1. Perform a developer role.
2. Have 1 or more years of hands-on experience in developing and maintaining applications by using AWS services.
3. Are preparing for the AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) exam.

Prerequisites

These are the prerequisites for the AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) exam.

General IT knowledge

Learners should have the following:

• Proficiency in at least one high-level programming language
• Understanding of application lifecycle management
• Basic understanding of cloud-native applications to write code
• Ability to develop functional applications
• Experience in using development tools

Recommended AWS knowledge

• Learners should be able to do the following:
• Develop and secure applications by using AWS service APIs, the AWS CLI, and SDKs
• Use a CI/CD pipeline to deploy applications on AWS

Recommended courses

We recommend that learners take the following courses (or similar courses) before taking this course:

• AWS Technical Essentials 
• Introduction to AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Introduction to Containers
• Introduction to Serverless Development
• Amazon Elastic Container Services (ECS) Primer
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) Primer
• Getting Started with DevOps on AWS
• Developing on AWS (paid classroom training)
  
  

Course outline

Module 1: Get to know the exam

• Introduction to AWS Certification
• Introduction to AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02)
• Overview: AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02)
• Exam guide: AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02)
• Comparison: DVA-C01 to DVA-C02

Module 2: Get to know exam-style questions

• Introduction to exam-style questions
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate Official Practice Question Set (DVA-C02 - English)
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02 - English) Sample Questions

Module 3: Learn about exam topics

• AWS training suggestions
• Whitepapers and FAQs

Module 4: Prepare for the exam

Domain 1: Development with AWS Services

• Lesson 1: Domain 1 introduction
• Lesson 2: Develop code for applications hosted on AWS
• Lesson 3: Develop code for AWS Lambda
• Lesson 4: Use data stores in application development
• Lesson 5: Domain 1: Question walkthrough 1
• Lesson 6: Domain 1: Question walkthrough 2
• Hands-On Lab: Building a Serverless CRUD Application
• Flashcards
• Additional resources

Domain 2: Security

• Lesson 1: Domain 2 introduction 
• Lesson 2: Implement authentication and authorization for applications and AWS services
• Lesson 3: Implement encryption by using AWS services
• Lesson 4: Manage sensitive data in application code
• Lesson 5: Domain 2: Question walkthrough 3
• Lesson 6: Domain 2: Question walkthrough 4
• Hands-On Lab: Securing Data
• Flashcards
• Additional resources

Domain 3: Deployment

• Lesson 1: Domain 3 introduction 
• Lesson 2: Prepare application artifacts to be deployed to AWS
• Lesson 3: Test applications in development environments
• Lesson 4: Automate deployment testing
• Lesson 5: Deploy code by using AWS CI/CD services
• Lesson 6: Domain 3: Question walkthrough 5
• Lesson 7: Domain 3: Question walkthrough 6
• Hands-On Lab: Building a CI/CD Pipeline for a Static Website Hosted on Amazon S3
• Flashcards
• Additional resources

Domain 4: Troubleshooting and Optimization

• Lesson 1: Domain 4 introduction
• Lesson 2: Assist in root cause analysis
• Lesson 3: Instrument code for observability
• Lesson 4: Optimize applications by using AWS services and features
• Lesson 5:  Domain 4: Question walkthrough 7
• Lesson 6: Domain 4: Question walkthrough 8
• Hands-On Lab: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Lambda Errors
• Flashcards
• Additional resources

Module 5: Determine exam readiness

• Overview: bonus questions and practice exam
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate Bonus Questions (DVA-C02)
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate Official Practice Exam (DVA-C02 - English)

Module 6: Register for the exam

Module 7: Course close

Module 8: Course survey