Developing on AWS

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Intermediate-level software developers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language
• Working knowledge of core AWS services and public cloud implementation

Day One

Module 1: Introduction to AWS

• Introduction to AWS
• Cloud scenarios
• Infrastructure overview

Module 2: Introduction to Developing on AWS

• Getting started developing on AWS
• Introduction to developer tools
• Introduction to management tools

Module 3: Introduction to IAM

• Shared responsibility model
• Introduction to IAM
• User authentication and authorization

Module 4: Introduction to the lab

• Get access to the lab
• Choose your language
• Choose your dev instance
• Connect to your dev instance
• Hands-on lab 1: Ready, set, go! Programming languages: Java, .Net, Python ; OS: Windows, Linux

Module 5: Developing solutions with Amazon S3

• Overview of AWS storage options
• Key concepts
• Best practices
• Troubleshooting
• Course scenario
• Hands-on lab 2: Developing storage solutions with Amazon S3

Day Two

Module 6: Developing flexible NoSQL solutions with Amazon DynamoDB

• Introduction to AWS Database Options
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Developing with Amazon DynamoDB
• Best practices
• Troubleshooting
• Course scenario
• Hands-on lab 3: Developing flexible NoSQL solutions with Amazon DynamoDB

Module 7: Developing solutions with AWS Lambda

• What is serverless computing?
• Introduction to AWS Lambda
• How AWS Lambda works
• Use cases
• Best practice
• Course scenario

Module 8: Developing solutions with Amazon API

• Introduction to Amazon API Gateway
• Developing with Amazon API Gateway
• Best practices
• Introduction to AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM)
• Course scenario
• Hands-on lab 4: Developing Event-Driven Solutions with AWS Lambda

Module 9: Developing solutions with Amazon SQS &SNS

• Why use a queueing service?
• Developing with Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
• Developing with Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
• Developing with Amazon MQ
• Hands-on lab 5: Developing messaging solutions with Amazon SQS and SNS

Module 10: Developing solutions with AWS Step Functions

• Understanding the need for AWS Step Functions
• Introduction to AWS Step Functions
• AWS Step Functions use case

Day Three

Module 11: Caching information with Amazon ElastiCache

• Caching overview
• Caching with Amazon ElastiCache
• Caching strategy

Module 12: Getting started with containers

• Why containers?
• Introduction to Docker containers
• Getting started with Docker
• Introduction to Amazon Container Services
• Hands-on lab 6: Getting started with Docker containers OS: Linux

Module 13: Developing secure solutions

• Securing your applications
• Authenticating your applications to AWS
• Authenticating your customers
• Course scenario

Module 14: Deploying Applications

• Introduction to DevOps
• Introduction to deployment and testing strategies
• Deploying applications with AWS Beanstalk
• Course scenario
• Hands-on lab 7: Building an end to end application
• Course evaluation