The AWS Certified Developer - Associate examination is intended for individuals who perform a development role and have one or more years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining an AWS-based application.

Abilities Validated by the Certification

• Demonstrate an understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices
• Demonstrate proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS

Recommended Knowledge and Experience

• In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language
• Understanding of core AWS services, uses, and basic AWS architecture best practices
• Proficiency in developing, deploying, and debugging cloud-based applications using AWS
• Ability to use the AWS service APIs, AWS CLI, and SDKs to write applications
• Ability to identify key features of AWS services
• Understanding of the AWS shared responsibility model
• Understanding of application lifecycle management
• Ability to use a CI/CD pipeline to deploy applications on AWS
• Ability to use or interact with AWS services
• Ability to apply a basic understanding of cloud-native applications to write code
• Ability to write code using AWS security best practices (e.g., not using secret and access keys in the code, instead using * IAM roles)
• Ability to author, maintain, and debug code modules on AWS
• Proficiency writing code for serverless applications
• Understanding of the use of containers in the development process