AWS Developer: Building on AWS by Amazon Web Services via Edx: Fee, Duration, How to Apply

Quick Facts

particular	details
Medium of instructions English	Mode of learning Self study	Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based	Learning efforts 3-4 Hours Per Week

Course overview

The AWS Developer: Building on AWS online course by edX is a six-week-long programme. It will teach you how to develop and run applications on the AWS platform. During the programme, you will become familiar with AWS by installing SDKs (Software Development Kits) and creating an AWS account.

Throughout the AWS Developer: Building on AWS certification course, you will study general AWS concepts like availability zones, security groups, regions and Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). Plus, you will gain hands-on experience in building a web app. For this, you will use AWS Lambda, and Amazon EC2 compute services. Furthermore, you will be introduced to multiple services like Amazon Rekognition, AWS SNS and Amazon SQS.

You will also use the AWS APIs via the AWS Cloud9 IDE (Integrated Development Environment), AWS CLI and AWS SDKs during edX's AWS Developer: Building on AWS online programme. The course will have numerous quizzes, practical exercises, class discussions and reading material/resources along with video lectures to enhance your learning.

Course and certificate fees

Type of course

Free

You can access the AWS Developer: Building on AWS course by edX for free.
To get unlimited access and a certificate, you can buy the verified path for Rs. 12,503.

AWS Developer: Building on AWS fee structure

Course option	Fee in INR
AWS Developer: Building on AWS (free audit)	Free
AWS Developer: Building on AWS (Unlimited access + certification)	Rs. 12,503

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Amazon Web Services

certificate fees

₹12,503

Eligibility criteria

To enrol in the AWS Developer: Building on AWS training, you should have 1-3 years of software development experience. You also need a credit card to create an AWS account.

Certificate Qualifying Details

You will be eligible to receive the AWS Developer: Building on AWS certification when you complete this course. However, you need to pursue the verified certificate path for it.

What you will learn

Knowledge of amazon web services

You will gain proficiency in the following concepts after you complete the AWS Developer: Building on AWS syllabus:

Fundamental AWS concepts such as regions, VPCs, availability zones, and many more
Creating and managing an AWS account
Using AWS compute services, both programmatically and via the AWS console
Using Amazon AI text-to-speech and image apps
Installing and using the AWS SDKs
Using Amazon RDS and similar AWS managed services
Making your applications highly available, distributed and durable

The syllabus

Week 1

Welcome to the Course

Welcome to Building on AWS
Meet the instructors
Discussion:Introduce yourself
What are we building this course? Project Intro
Intro to Week 1

Getting Started on AWS

Why should I (developer) build on the AWS cloud?
AWS Free Tier
Quiz
Exercise 1: Creating an AWS Account
Service Oriented Architectures and APIs in AWS
Exercise 2: Hello Amazon EC2
Quiz

Cloud Infrastructure and Responsibility

Understanding AWS Infrastructure
Networking: Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
AWS vs Developer responsibility in the cloud
Quiz
EC2 Metadata
Exercise 3 - Logs, SSH, instance metadata
Quiz

Week 1 Discussion

Weekly Readings/Resources

Week 2

Invoking AWS APIs/ AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Create an AWS IAM user/access key video
Exercise 4: AWS IAM user, CLI, Boto, access keys
AWS APIs

Amazon S3

Intro to Amazon S3
Amazon S3 Access Control

Working with our Development Environment

Developing on AWS Cloud
Exercise 5: AWS Cloud 9
Quiz

Amazon Rekognition

Introduction to Amazon Rekognition
Exercise 6: Amazon Rekognition

Week 2 Discussion

Weekly Readings/Resources

Week 3

Storing Structured Data using AWS Managed Databases

AWS IAM Roles
Amazon Relational Database Service
Exercise 7: Amazon RDS
Quiz

Availability and Application Failure

Availability
What could go wrong?
Elastic Load Balancer
Exercise 8: Deploy an instance add ALB
Quiz

Week 3 Discussion

Weekly Readings/Resources

Week 4

Adding Support for Users and Private Data to the Application

Amazon Cognito
Authorization Flows in Our Application
Securing the Connection to the Server with TLS
End-to-End and At Rest
Using SSH Tunnel to Connect to C9
Exercise 9: Adding Amazon Cognito
Quiz

Week 4 Discussion

Weekly Readings/Resources

Exercise - Challenge — Adding Polly to your application

Week 5

Debugging and Profiling a Distributed System

AWS XRay
Exercise 10: Adding X-Ray
Quiz

Taking a Task Off the Server Asynchronously

Intro to AWS Lambda
Exercise 11: AWS Lambda
Quiz

Week 5 Discussion

Weekly Readings/Resources

Week 6

Making our System More Distributed

Event Driven Architectures
How do AWS services do Async?

Queueing and On-Premises Hardware

Amazon Simple Queuing Service
Exercise 12 - Amazon SQS

Course Wrap up

Couse Wrap up and Preview of Next course
End of Course Assessment

Weekly Readings/Resources

Week 6 Discussion

Admission details

Step 1 – Tap the given link https://www.edx.org/learn/amazon-web-services-aws/amazon-web-services-aws-developer-building-on-aws on the AWS Developer: Building on AWS course page.

Step 2 – Click the ‘Enroll now’ button near the top of this page. A signup form will appear.

Step 3 – Link any of these accounts – Apple, Google, Facebook or Microsoft – to sign up. You can also sign up by entering the required details and clicking the ‘Create account’ button.

Step 4 – You will be enrolled in the AWS Developer: Building on AWS programme after registration is complete. Further, you can choose to start learning for free through the audit path or buy the verified track.

Filling the form

Candidates will not have to fill any application form to join the AWS Developer: Building on AWS online training. Enrolment can be done by logging on to edX’s website and creating an account. Candidates can create a new account by entering your username, email ID, full name, country and a new password. Another way of logging in is to link an existing social account.

How it helps

The AWS Developer: Building on AWS programme by edX offers you a self-paced learning experience. With the option to study at your pace in accordance with your schedule, you can complete the course material flexibly.

Also, you can receive an AWS Developer: Building on AWS certificate after completing the course. This official credential will add significant value to your resume or CV. You can also share it on LinkedIn to enhance your job prospects.

Instructors

Mr Heiwad Osman
Senior Technical Trainer
Amazon Web Services

Mr Russell Sayers
Senior Cloud Technologist
Amazon Web Services

FAQs

Who will be my instructors for the AWS Developer: Building on AWS course?

Two expert instructors from AWS (Amazon Web Services) will be your instructors for the programme. They are Heiwad Osman, Senior Technical Trainer and Russell Sayers, Technical Architect.