Building Modern Applications

AWS Training and Certification Skills Tracker: Building Modern Applications

Track your growth as you gain skills for building modern applications

Accelerate your modernization journey with training from AWS

There’s a skills gap impacting modern application development that limits the potential of innovation. By changing the way you design, build, and manage applications, you can help innovation thrive. Start building the development and operations skills required to create robust, reliable, secure, and scalable applications that customers love to use and that unleash innovation. With this comprehensive training guide featuring recommended courses from AWS Training and Certification, you can learn the best practices Amazon trusts to train its own application developers. As you build skills and monitor your growth, make sure you keep pace with your modernization goals.

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2 How to use this skills tracker Progress button

Look for symbols and icons on the course chart Learning path Getting into the information for information about course lengths, training Serverless Mindset methods (digital, virtual instructor-led, or classroom), and which specific skills you'll learn. Digital Mark your progress on the map by checking 30 mins the status buttons to indicate which courses Fundamental are completed, in progress, or not yet started. Click course tiles to learn more about the training course.

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3 Use the course chart to track your journey and skills gained

Architecting on AWS Getting into the AWS Lambda Amazon API Gateway for Serverless Mindset Foundations Serverless Applications

Virtual Classroom Digital Digital Digital 3 days 30 mins 1 hr 1 hr, 15 mins Intermediate Fundamental Fundamental Fundamental

Amazon DynamoDB for Developing on AWS Architecting Build and Deploy APIs Modernization Serverless Architectures Serverless Solutions with a Serverless CI/CD journey Virtual Classroom Digital Digital accelerated! 3 days Digital 2 hrs 45 mins Intermediate 3 hrs Fundamental Intermediate Intermediate

Deep Dive on AWS Authenticating DevOps Continue your Fargate: Building Serverless Apps to the Engineering on AWS journey by becoming Enterprise Serverless Containers at Scale Virtual Classroom AWS Certified » Digital Digital 3 days 25 mins 40 mins Advanced Advanced Advanced

4 Architecting on AWS Sign up or start the course »

Skills learned

About this course The Well-Architected Framework Networking with AWS Begin accelerating your journey by first learning Core AWS concepts Event-driven scaling the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on Automation AWS. Discover how to optimize the AWS Cloud by Decoupling understanding each AWS service and how it fits into Serverless designs cloud-based solutions. Explore best practices and How to grow your architecture design patterns that will help you architect optimal IT solutions on AWS, then build and explore a variety of infrastructures through guided, hands-on activity. You’ll also learn how to create foundational architectures and build them into robust and adaptive solutions. Virtual Classroom 3 days Intermediate

5 Getting into the Serverless Mindset Sign up or start the course »

Skills learned

About this course Serverless concepts Plan serverless architectures Get familiar with the key serverless concepts and applications Application development in this brief training course. Then, start Parallelization of tasks confidently planning your own serverless Environment management architectures and applications. In this course, you’ll also gain an understanding of serverless computing and learn how its event-driven orientation influences various aspects of application development, including tasks and environments.

Digital 30 mins Fundamental

6 AWS Lambda Foundations Sign up or start the course »

Skills learned

About this course Basic configurations to other AWS services Build your modern applications knowledge Serverless development Serverless deployment practices with an introduction to AWS Lambda. In this training course, you’ll explore the basics, learn about configuration, and connect AWS Lambda to other AWS services. You will also learn about the factors that impact performance and how serverless development and deployment practices differ from those in traditional deployment environments. Digital 1 hr Fundamental

7 Amazon API Gateway for Serverless Applications Sign up or start the course »

Skills learned

About this course Amazon API Gateway Create and deploy APIs Start focusing on the fundamentals of API integration with AWS Lambda Amazon API Gateway in this introduction. Then, learn how to create APIs and deploy them. This course also covers the many options for managing and metering access to your APIs, as well as key integration tips for connecting APIs to AWS Lambda.

Digital 1 hr, 15 mins Fundamental

8 Amazon DynamoDB for Serverless Architectures Sign up or start the course »

Skills learned

About this course Amazon DynamoDB Build serverless architecture using This hands-on comprehensive introduction DynamoDB Differentiate SQL from NoSQL to Amazon DynamoDB will help you learn database systems its core components, how to set up and Migrate from existing RDMS to access them, and how to leverage them Amazon DynamoDB for serverless applications. You’ll also Monitor performance explore several other important features of DynamoDB, review best practices, and get an in-depth comparison between this NoSQL service and other SQL solutions.

Digital 2 hrs Fundamental

9 Developing on AWS

Skills learned

About this course Develop solutions using AWS SDK Authenticate services with AWS IAM Attend this instructor-led virtual classroom session and Manage and use Amazon S3, Dynamo DB, and Flexible NoSQL walk away with concrete AWS Software Development Develop event-driven solutions with Amazon Kit knowledge. In the course, you’ll learn how to use and SWF, SQS, and SNS develop secure and scalable cloud applications. You’ll also Monitor applications with Amazon CloudWatch interact with real AWS services using code and get hands- Deploy applications with AWS Elastic Beanstalk on, real-world experience. This course is essential for your and CloudFormation modern applications training, as it covers the key concepts, best practices, and troubleshooting tips for AWS SDK as a whole.

Virtual Classroom 3 days Intermediate

10 DevOps Engineering on AWS Sign up or start the course »

Skills learned

About this course Continuous integration (CI) Continuous delivery (CD) Learn about DevOps engineering, directly from the Microservices Infrastructure as code experts at AWS. In this instructor-led virtual classroom, Monitoring and logging you’ll explore key tools, best practices, and the cultural Communication and collaboration philosophies of DevOps. You'll also gain the knowledge you need to develop, deliver, and maintain modern applications and services at high velocity on AWS.

Virtual Classroom 3 days Advanced

11 Build and Deploy APIs with a Serverless CI/CD Sign up or start the course »

Skills learned

About this course Simplify DevOps processes Serverless application methods Learn how to build an API engine and manage a (SAM) continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipeline straight from the AWS experts. AWS IoT Architects will guide you through the process of simplifying your DevOps processes using serverless methods. You’ll start by understanding how APIs are currently managed with traditional methods, then you’ll learn real-world best practices, as well as how serverless application methods (SAM) streamline your operations.

Digital 45 mins Intermediate

12 Architecting Serverless Solutions Sign up or start the course »

Skills learned

About this course Event-driven architectures Serverless application architectures Start thinking serverless as you accelerate your Scaling serverless architectures Securing and monitoring serverless modernization journey. This course provides a complete applications approach to AWS managed services including AWS Serverless deployments Lambda and Amazon API Gateway. Learn how to leverage event-driven patterns to power scalable, secure, and serverless modern applications. Then, create your own proof-of-concept serverless architecture that you’ll use for management, testing, auditing, and deployment—all without downtime.

Digital 3 hrs Intermediate

13 Authenticating Serverless Apps to the Enterprise Sign up or start the course »

Skills learned

About this course LDAP User databases Navigate the world of serverless application Static user registries Manage serverless app authentication with real-world examples, sample authentication needs configurations, and easy-to-follow steps for managing your authentication needs with the help of AWS experts. This short, informative course will show you how to authenticate users back to Active Directory or Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and reveal what lies beyond Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), user databases, and static user registries.

Digital 25 mins Advanced

14 Deep Dive on AWS Fargate: Building Serverless Containers at Scale

AWS Fargate

About this course

Manage scale for your modern applications with this essential course on launching large-scale containerized workloads with AWS Fargate. AWS experts will review key AWS Fargate topics and show you how to get the most out of your container deployment and management strategy.

Digital 40 mins Advanced

Validate your modern application development skills

Gain industry-recognized credentials that validate your hard-earned skills. With AWS Certification, you can prove to business leaders and colleagues that you can reinvent how modern applications deliver business value. Your AWS Certified credential will let the world know your applications have the potential to be faster to market, more reliable, less expensive, and more innovative.

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AWS Certified Developer - AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Associate Professional

Validate your knowledge of core Earn your credentials for designing, managing, AWS services, architectures, and best operating, provisioning, maintaining, and practices for cloud-based applications. automating AWS operational processes.

16 Start your journey with AWS Training and Certification

Learn how to accelerate innovation with modern applications directly from the experts at AWS, who have experience delivering innovation to some of the most successful businesses in the world. Through online videos, digital curriculum, hands-on courses, and instructor-led virtual classrooms, you’ll build the knowledge and technical skills to bring your own ideas to market sooner and achieve your organization’s innovation goals faster.

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17 Accelerate toward your goals today

Deliver transformative business value and differentiate your technical abilities by gaining in-demand skills for building modern applications. With AWS Virtual Classroom Training, your teams will build the skills to make your organization more agile and innovative. All you need to do is get started.

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