Table Of ContentAWS Certified Developer -
Associate Guide
Your one-stop solution to pass the AWS developer's
certification
Vipul Tankariya
Bhavin Parmar
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
AWS Certified Developer – Associate Guide
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Bhavin Parmar
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About the Author
Vipul Tankariya comes with a very broad experience in cloud consulting, development,
and training. He has worked with a number of customers across the globe for solving real-
life business problems in terms of technology and strategy. He is also a public speaker in
various AWS events and meetups. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but is also
certified in five AWS certifications:
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
This book combines his AWS experience in solving real-life business problems along with
his hands-on development experience in various programming languages. Vipul is an
accomplished senior cloud consultant and technologist focused on strategic thought
leadership concentrated around next generation cloud-based solutions with more than 21
years of experience.
He has been involved in conceptualizing, designing, and implementing large-scale cloud
solutions on a variety of public/private/hybrid clouds. He has also been instrumental in
setting up cloud migration strategies for customers, building enterprise-class cloud
solutions, Go-To market collateral, and AWS training as well as cloud pre-sales activities.
Vipul has a wide range of experience working on DevOps, CI/CD, and automation at each
level of the delivery life cycle of products, solutions, and services on the cloud as well as on-
premises.
Acknowledgments
There are many people in my personal and professional life who made me what I am today.
Though many of the names that I am going to mention in this book may not even know
what AWS is, but without their support, I would not have even developed many of the
basic life skills, leave aside the capability of writing an AWS book.
First and foremost I would like to thank my father who taught me how important it is to be
a good human being before being anything in life. I would always be indebted to my
mother who taught me how to work hard and what a strong will power is. I would also like
to specially mention the name of my wife, Priya, without her support this book would not
have been possible. My son, Arav, also deserves a special mention here, as I have spent
some of his share of my time on this book.
I would also like to thank my sisters, Asha and Bina, who taught me what is compassion. I
must thank my brother, Vijay, who has always protected me in every course of life.
I would also like to thank Badrinarayan Ramanujan, my friend, who has always motivated
me and helped me assess my real value. Jaymin Jhala, a very special thanks to him as I don't
think my IT career would have started without him.
I must thank my friend, Jay Punjani, my brother from another mother, who has taught me
to dream big and understand unspoken words. I would also like to thank Mr, BSGK
Shastry, my Guru, who cultivated the professional approach in me.
I would also like to thank Mr. Ira Sheinwald, my friend and mentor, who showed
confidence in me and gave me a chance to work on my first AWS project. Heartfelt thanks
also goes to my friend, Shashikant Kuwar, along with Ira, as we have worked together to
solve many technical and strategic challenges on AWS.
I must show my gratitude to Mr. Vivek Raju, my friend and mentor in my AWS journey.
My AWS journey would not have been enriched without the support of Varun Dube and
Vikas Goel who have been a part of my AWS journey.
My heartfelt thanks also go to my friends Satyajit Das, Jhalak Modi, Appasaheb Bagali,
Ajaykumar Kakumanu, Pushpraj Singh, Chandrasekhar Singh, and Rakesh Sing who have
been part of my AWS certification journey. Also, a very special thanks to Gajanan
Chandgadkar who has been with me in multiple counts for not only technically reviewing
this book, but also for being there in my AWS certification journey. We all worked together
for almost a year to get our five AWS certifications.
I would also like to thank Heramb Bhavsar, Abhishek Jadhav, Swathy Mohan, and the
entire team at Packt for making this book a reality.
Last but not least, I would like to thank my friend and co-author of this book, Bhavin
Parmar, who saw the dream of writing this book with me. If it was not for him, I would not
have taken this book as a project.
About the Author
Bhavin Parmar comes with a very broad experience in cloud consulting, development,
training. He has an active participation in solving real-life business problems. Bhavin has
not only extensively worked on AWS, but he is also certified in AWS and Red Hat:
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
Red Hat Certified Architect
This book combines his AWS experience in solving real-life business problems along with
his hands-on deployment and development experience. Bhavin is an accomplished
technologist and senior cloud consultant and focused on strategic thought leadership
concentrated around next generation cloud-based & DevOps solutions with more than 11
years of experience.
He has been involved in conceptualizing, designing, and implementing large-scale cloud
solutions on a variety of public/private/hybrid Clouds. Bhavin has also been instrumental in
setting up cloud migration strategies for customers, building enterprise-class cloud
solutions, Go-To market collateral, and AWS training as well as cloud pre-sales activities.
He has a wide range of experience working at each level of the delivery life cycle of
products, solutions, and services on the cloud as well as on-premises.
About the Reviewer
Gajanan Chandgadkar has more than 12 years of IT experience. He has spent more than 6
years in the USA, helping large enterprise architect, migrate, and deploy applications in
AWS. He’s been running production workloads on AWS for over 6 years. He is an AWS
certified solutions architect professional and a certified DevOps professional with more
than seven certifications in trending technologies. Gajanan is also a technology enthusiast
who has extended interest and experience in different topics, such as application
development, container technology, and continuous delivery.
Currently, he is working with Happiest Minds Technologies as an Associate DevOps
Architect. He has worked with Wipro Technologies Corporation in the past.
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