AWS Developer Associate Study Roadmap
Last updated: September 29, 2026
Domain Weight Distribution
Week-by-Week Study Plan
Domain 1: Lambda Deep Dive (Functions, layers, versions, aliases, concurrency, destinations)
Domain 1: API Gateway & DynamoDB (REST/HTTP APIs, stages, DynamoDB indexes, streams)
Domain 2: Authentication (Cognito User/Identity Pools, IAM roles, STS, token-based auth)
Domain 2: Encryption & Secrets (KMS, SSM Parameter Store, Secrets Manager, envelope encryption)
Domain 3: CI/CD Pipelines (CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, deployment strategies)
Domain 3: SAM & CloudFormation (SAM templates, sam build/deploy, Elastic Beanstalk, containers)
Domain 4: Observability (X-Ray tracing, CloudWatch Logs/Metrics, Lambda Insights, debugging)
Full Review: Practice exams, Hands-on labs, Weak areas, Exam logistics
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