1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,269 ‫Hello, and welcome to the 2 00:00:01,269 --> 00:00:03,750 ‫AWS Certified Developer Associate Course. 3 00:00:03,750 --> 00:00:06,720 ‫My name is Stephane Maarek, and I will be your instructor. 4 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:08,070 ‫So we're starting in five minutes. 5 00:00:08,070 --> 00:00:10,230 ‫Let's just go over some prerequisites. 6 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:13,860 ‫So we're going to prepare for the DVA-C02 certification, 7 00:00:13,860 --> 00:00:15,660 ‫and although it's a challenging certification, 8 00:00:15,660 --> 00:00:18,720 ‫I will try to make this course as interesting as possible 9 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,970 ‫to cover everything you need to know. 10 00:00:20,970 --> 00:00:24,720 ‫And as such, we will cover over 30 AWS services. 11 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,670 ‫So we have a lot to learn, but don't worry, 12 00:00:26,670 --> 00:00:28,140 ‫we'll go step by step. 13 00:00:28,140 --> 00:00:31,290 ‫Even if you're an IT or an AWS beginner, you're welcome, 14 00:00:31,290 --> 00:00:33,120 ‫but take your time, this is not a race, 15 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,730 ‫and haggle with me with the hands-on. 16 00:00:35,730 --> 00:00:38,640 ‫You don't need to be a developer to pass the developer exam, 17 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,040 ‫but it definitely helps to have some coding background. 18 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,620 ‫Now, if this is your second AWS certification 19 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:44,453 ‫and you've done the 20 00:00:44,453 --> 00:00:46,350 ‫Certified Solutions Architect beforehand, 21 00:00:46,350 --> 00:00:47,910 ‫try not to skip any lectures. 22 00:00:47,910 --> 00:00:50,340 ‫After the seventh section, yes, there are some new content 23 00:00:50,340 --> 00:00:52,140 ‫regarding the Certified Developer exam, 24 00:00:52,140 --> 00:00:54,000 ‫but please review the first lectures. 25 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,010 ‫It will be always good for you 26 00:00:56,010 --> 00:00:58,170 ‫to rehash that basic knowledge. 27 00:00:58,170 --> 00:00:59,490 ‫Okay, so what about me? 28 00:00:59,490 --> 00:01:01,200 ‫So I've passed the certification twice, 29 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:06,200 ‫so once in 2018, and I scored with 984, so only one mistake, 30 00:01:07,350 --> 00:01:11,070 ‫and then, very recently, in April 16th, 2020, 31 00:01:11,070 --> 00:01:12,900 ‫I've scored again 982. 32 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:15,240 ‫I wanted to make sure that this course was up to date, 33 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:16,290 ‫and trust me, it is. 34 00:01:16,290 --> 00:01:19,050 ‫I've updated all the lectures that needed to be updated 35 00:01:19,050 --> 00:01:22,650 ‫to pass the exam with flying colors in 2020. 36 00:01:22,650 --> 00:01:23,640 ‫So what's AWS? 37 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,710 ‫If you're new to this, this is a cloud provider, 38 00:01:25,710 --> 00:01:29,640 ‫and with the AWS, you're able to have services and servers 39 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,580 ‫that can be used on demand and scales very easily. 40 00:01:32,580 --> 00:01:34,230 ‫This has allowed companies 41 00:01:34,230 --> 00:01:36,660 ‫to run a website for, say, millions of people, 42 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:39,930 ‫with only three or five engineers, which is crazy. 43 00:01:39,930 --> 00:01:42,420 ‫So AWS has revolutionized IT over time, 44 00:01:42,420 --> 00:01:44,640 ‫and now it powers some of the biggest websites in the world 45 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:45,930 ‫that you know of, for example, 46 00:01:45,930 --> 00:01:49,470 ‫obviously Amazon.com, but also Netflix. 47 00:01:49,470 --> 00:01:51,360 ‫So this course is very complete. 48 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,760 ‫We'll be learning all of these things and more, 49 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,100 ‫and this may be daunting at first, but don't worry, 50 00:01:56,100 --> 00:01:57,210 ‫we'll go step by step. 51 00:01:57,210 --> 00:01:58,350 ‫Don't feel afraid. 52 00:01:58,350 --> 00:01:59,370 ‫But as you can tell, 53 00:01:59,370 --> 00:02:02,370 ‫there's a lot of things we have to learn in this course. 54 00:02:02,370 --> 00:02:04,590 ‫So I like to call AWS a spaghetti bowl 55 00:02:04,590 --> 00:02:06,240 ‫because it is a complete mess, 56 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,060 ‫but we'll try together to navigate through it 57 00:02:09,060 --> 00:02:11,880 ‫and together learn all the services we need 58 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,430 ‫for you to become an AWS certified developer. 59 00:02:14,430 --> 00:02:15,900 ‫So thank you so much for watching, 60 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:17,850 ‫and I will see you in the next lecture.