Developing on AWS
Module 1 – Course Overview
– Logistics
– Student resources
– Agenda
– Introductions
Module 2 – Building a Web Application on AWS
– Discuss the architecture of the application you are going to build during this course
– Explore the AWS services needed to build your web application
– Discover how to store, manage, and host your web application
Module 3 – Getting Started with Development on AWS
– Describe how to access AWS services programmatically
– List some programmatic patterns and how they provide efficiencies within AWS SDKs and AWS CLI
– Explain the value of AWS Cloud9
Module 4 – Getting Started with Permissions
– Review AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) features and components permissions to support a development environment
– Demonstrate how to test AWS IAM permissions
– Configure your IDEs and SDKs to support a development environment
– Demonstrate accessing AWS services using SDKs and AWS Cloud9
Module 5 – Getting Started with Storage
– Describe the basic concepts of Amazon S3
– List the options for securing data using Amazon S3
– Define SDK dependencies for your code
– Explain how to connect to the Amazon S3 service
– Describe request and response objects
Module 6 – Processing Your Storage Operations
– Perform key bucket and object operations
– Explain how to handle multiple and large objects
– Create and configure an Amazon S3 bucket to host a static website
– Grant temporary access to your objects
– Demonstrate performing Amazon S3 operations using SDKs
Module 7 – Getting Started with Databases
– Describe the key components of DynamoDB
– Explain how to connect to DynamoDB
– Describe how to build a request object
– Explain how to read a response object
– List the most common troubleshooting exceptions
Module 8 – Processing Your Database Operations
– Develop programs to interact with DynamoDB using AWS SDKs
– Perform CRUD operations to access tables, indexes, and data
– Describe developer best practices when accessing DynamoDB
– Review caching options for DynamoDB to improve performance
– Perform DynamoDB operations using SDK
Module 9 – Processing Your Application Logic
– Develop a Lambda function using SDKs
– Configure triggers and permissions for Lambda functions
– Test, deploy, and monitor Lambda functions
Module 10 – Managing the APIs
– Describe the key components of API Gateway
– Develop API Gateway resources to integrate with AWS services
– Configure API request and response calls for your application endpoints
– Test API resources and deploy your application API endpoint
Module 11 – Building a Modern Application
– Describe the challenges with traditional architectures
– Describe the microservice architecture and benefits
– Explain various approaches for designing microservice applications
– Explain steps involved in decoupling monolithic applications
– Demonstrate the orchestration of Lambda Functions using AWS Step Functions
Module 12 – Granting Access to Your Application Users
– Analyze the evolution of security protocols
– Explore the authentication process using Amazon Cognito
– Manage user access and authorize serverless APIs
– Observe best practices for implementing Amazon Cognito
– Demonstrate the integration of Amazon Cognito and review JWT tokens
Module 13 – Deploying Your Application
– Identify risks associated with traditional software development practices
– Understand DevOps methodology
– Configure an AWS SAM template to deploy a serverless application
– Describe various application deployment strategies
– Demonstrate deploying a serverless application using AWS SAM
Module 14 – Observing Your Application
– Differentiate between monitoring and observability
– Evaluate why observability is necessary in modern development and key components
– Understand CloudWatch’s part in configuring the observability
– Demonstrate using CloudWatch Application Insights to monitor applications
– Demonstrate using X-Ray to debug your applications
Module 15 – Course Wrap-up
– Course overview
– AWS training courses
– Certifications
– Course feedback