Stephane Maarek's thorough preparation course for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam. It works through 30-plus AWS services hands-on, with a practice exam. It is exam prep, not the certification itself — the AWS exam is booked and paid separately.
Good for: Developers with some AWS or programming background preparing for the DVA-C02 exam.
Less suitable if: You are new to AWS, or you want a general cloud overview.
Skills you'll gain
AWSLambdaDynamoDBAPI GatewayIAMCI/CDServerless
Is this course right for you?
A good fit if you…
You have some AWS or coding background
You are targeting the Developer Associate exam
You like hands-on lessons
Consider something else if you…
You are new to cloud entirely
You want a vendor-neutral overview
You do not plan to certify
Requirements: Some programming and basic AWS familiarity; intermediate.
Realistic time: About 32 hours of course, plus practice; a few weeks to prepare.
About this course
The Ultimate AWS Certified Developer Associate is Stephane Maarek's course for the DVA-C02 exam — the AWS certification aimed at developers building and deploying applications on AWS rather than designing infrastructure. It covers the developer-facing services in depth: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, and the full suite of CI/CD tools (CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline).
What you'll learn
Pass the AWS Certified Developer Associate DVA-C02 exam
Build and deploy serverless applications using Lambda and API Gateway
Design and query data with DynamoDB including indexes and streams
Implement CI/CD pipelines using CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline
Secure applications using IAM, Cognito, KMS, and STS
Debug and monitor applications with CloudWatch, X-Ray, and CloudTrail
This course includes
32h
On-demand video
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Mobile access
English
Language
What it costs
A paid Udemy course, often on sale for under $20, with a practice exam and a 30-day refund window. The AWS exam is separate and costs around $150.
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Stephane Maarek
Udemy instructor
2M+ learners12 courses4.7 instructor rating
Stephane Maarek is a solutions architect and AWS training author whose Udemy courses have over 2 million enrolled learners. He holds 12 AWS certifications and has worked with cloud platforms professionally for over a decade. His AWS SAA course is consistently ranked as the top-selling Udemy course in the cloud category.
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