First of all, congratulations on choosing this book and beginning your journey toward earning AWS Certified Developer - Associate certification. As the saying goes, a good beginning is half done. You have set a target and taken the first step toward the target. If you follow the instructions in this book, it will certainly help you in completing the certification exam.
As you begin, you may have a number of questions running through your mind. This chapter covers a number of such questions that are frequently asked by beginners. To begin with, let us understand how you should start preparing for the exam.
Amazon publishes an official blueprint for each certification exam. The blueprint elaborates the scope of the exam, prerequisites for attending the exam, and the knowledge required to successfully complete the exam. This blueprint may change from time to time and you should look out for the latest copy of the blueprint for the exam from Amazon.
Note
At the time of writing, the official blueprint for the AWS Certified Developer - Associate exam is available at the URL: https://d0.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-dev-associate/AWS_certified_developer_associate_blueprint.pdf.
This chapter outlines the AWS Certified Developer - Associate exam and highlights critical aspects, knowledge areas, and services covered in the blueprint.
Let's begin with understanding the scope of the exam. The exam scope is divided into four domains as given in the following table with their respective weight in the exam:
Sr. No. | Domain | % Weightage in exam |
1.0 | AWS fundamentals | 10% |
2.0 | Designing and developing | 40% |
3.0 | Deployment and security | 30% |
4.0 | Debugging | 20% |
Total |
| 100% |
The topics and the content covered in these domains as per the blueprint are given in the following section.