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AWS Developer Associate Study Roadmap

DVA-C02 · 8-week plan · Free

Last updated: September 29, 2026

Progress:
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Domain Weight Distribution

D1: Development with AWS Services
32%
D2: Security
26%
D3: Deployment
24%
D4: Troubleshooting and Optimization
18%

Week-by-Week Study Plan

Week 1

Domain 1: Lambda Deep Dive (Functions, layers, versions, aliases, concurrency, destinations)

Week 2

Domain 1: API Gateway & DynamoDB (REST/HTTP APIs, stages, DynamoDB indexes, streams)

Week 3

Domain 2: Authentication (Cognito User/Identity Pools, IAM roles, STS, token-based auth)

Week 4

Domain 2: Encryption & Secrets (KMS, SSM Parameter Store, Secrets Manager, envelope encryption)

Week 5

Domain 3: CI/CD Pipelines (CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, deployment strategies)

Week 6

Domain 3: SAM & CloudFormation (SAM templates, sam build/deploy, Elastic Beanstalk, containers)

Week 7

Domain 4: Observability (X-Ray tracing, CloudWatch Logs/Metrics, Lambda Insights, debugging)

Week 8

Full Review: Practice exams, Hands-on labs, Weak areas, Exam logistics

Free Resources

AWS Skill Builder, AWS Docs

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