Hey Guys
I passed AWS Certified Developer Associate
this passed Sunday. I did much better on this exam compared to the Solutions
Architect. After passing CSAA in February, I took a break from AWS and studied
for and passed AZ104 in March. After AZ104 I started studying for the AWS
Developer. I spent about 5 weeks of studying. There was alot of carry over content Solutions Architect so I was able to skip a large portion of Stephane Maarek's course and focus on AWS Developer specific content. I was less nervous in regards to this test compared to CSAA. I finished with about 50 minutes to spare. I also
used the online proctor. My first-time testing on Sunday.
Topics that appeared the
most include Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Decoupling, CICD, xray, various
APIs, Elastic Beanstalk and deployment modes, and serverless in general. There
were also some CLI commands and other JSON/YAML code to interpret.
My study resources:
- Stephane
Mareeks Udemy Course
- Jon
Bonso’s Practice Test(highly recommended)
- Neal
Davis’s Practice Test
- YouTube
- AWS
website.
My goal was
to stop with AWS Developer but I purchased Jon Bonso’s SysOps practice test I
am scoring very high on the first 3 practice exams. I have also consulted with
others who have earned all 3 associate level certifications. There is a lot of
overlap between all 3 exams. I am very confident that I can pass this test in
around 2 weeks. I bought Stephane Maareks SysOps course so far I am already
half way through. A lot of the same videos are in his other courses and most of
the information I have already seen. I am focusing more on the SysOps content
in the course.
A new
version of SysOps is coming out later this year. It will include hands on labs.
No longer just multiple choice
