-: Hello, and welcome to
the AWS Certified Developer Associate Course.
My name is Stephane Maarek, and I will be your instructor.
So, we're starting in five minutes.
Let's just go over some prerequisites.
So, we're going to prepare for the DVA-C01 certification.
And, although it's a challenging certification,
I will try to make this course as interesting as possible,
to cover everything you need to know.
And as such, we will cover over 30 AWS services,
so we have a lot to learn, but don't worry,
we'll go step by step.
Even if you're an IT or an AWS beginner, you're welcome,
but take your time, this is not a race,
and go with me, with hands on.
You don't need to be a developer
to pass the developer exam,
but it definitely helps to have some coding background.
Now, if this is your second AWS certification,
and you've done
the Certified Solutions Architect, beforehand,
try not to skip any lectures.
After the seventh section,
yes, there are some new content
regarding the Certified Developer exam,
but please review the first lectures.
It will be always good for you
to rehash that basic knowledge.
Okay, so what about me?
So, I've passed the certification twice.
So, once in 2018 and I scored with 984, so only one mistake.
And then, very recently, in April 16th, 2020,
I scored again 982.
I wanted to make sure
that this course was up to date,
and trust me, it is.
I've updated all the lectures
that needed to be updated
to pass the exam with flying colors in 2020.
So, what's AWS?
If you're into this,
this is a cloud provider.
And, with the AWS, you are able to have
services and servers that can be used on demand
and scaled very easily.
This has allowed companies to run a website,
for say, millions of people,
with only three or five engineers,
which is crazy.
So AWS has revolutionized IT over time,
and now it powers some of the biggest websites in the world,
that you know of, for example, obviously, www.amazon.com,
but also Netflix.
So, this course is very complete.
We'll be learning all of these things and more.
And this may be daunting, at first,
but don't worry, we'll go step by step.
Don't feel afraid, but as you can tell,
there's a lot of things we have top learn in this course.
So, I like to call AWS a spaghetti bowl,
because it is a complete mess,
but we'll try together to navigate through it.
And together learn all the services we need
for you top become an AWS Certified Developer.
So, thank you so much for watching,
and I will see you in the next lecture.