A comprehensive, structured study guide for the AWS Certified Developer Associate (DVA-C02) exam. This resource covers all four exam domains with detailed theory notes, hands-on labs, and practice question placeholders organized by official AWS Exam Guide skills.
This study plan is built as a Hugo static site using the hugo-theme-learn template, styled to match the AWS First Cloud Journey (FCJ) workshop format. It maps all 101 skills from the official DVA-C02 Exam Guide into a navigable, topic-based learning path.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Exam Code | DVA-C02 |
| Duration | 130 minutes |
| Questions | 65 multiple choice and multiple response |
| Passing Score | 720 out of 1000 |
| Exam Fee | 150 USD |
| Domain | Weight | Theory Files | Hands-on Labs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain 1 - Development with AWS Services | 32% | 3 sections, 29 skills | 7 labs |
| Domain 2 - Security | 26% | 3 sections, 21 skills | 5 labs |
| Domain 3 - Deployment | 24% | 4 sections, 27 skills | 6 labs |
| Domain 4 - Troubleshooting and Optimization | 18% | 3 sections, 24 skills | 5 labs |
- AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Kinesis
- IAM, Cognito, KMS, Secrets Manager, STS, encryption patterns
- CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, SAM, CDK, ECS, Fargate
- CloudWatch, X-Ray, caching strategies, performance optimization
- Deployment strategies including blue-green, canary, rolling, and immutable
- Event-driven architecture, microservices, fan-out patterns
- CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, container deployments
- Week 1-2: Domain 1 - Development with AWS Services (32 percent weight)
- Week 3: Domain 2 - Security (26 percent weight)
- Week 4: Domain 3 - Deployment (24 percent weight)
- Week 5: Domain 4 - Troubleshooting and Optimization (18 percent weight)
- Week 6: Review, mock exams, and weak area reinforcement
- Stephane Maarek Ultimate AWS Certified Developer Associate course on Udemy
- AWS Official Exam Guide for DVA-C02
- AWS Skill Builder free practice exams
- AWS Documentation
Prerequisites: Hugo Extended v0.120.4 or compatible version, Git.
git clone https://github.com/ihatesea69/aws-dva-c02-study-plan.git
cd aws-dva-c02-study-plan
git submodule update --init --recursive
hugo server -DOpen http://localhost:1313/aws-dva-c02-study-plan/ in your browser.
This site is deployed to GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions. Push to the main branch triggers automatic build and deployment.
content/
1-domain1/ Development with AWS Services (theory, labs, questions)
2-domain2/ Security (theory, labs, questions)
3-domain3/ Deployment (theory, labs, questions)
4-domain4/ Troubleshooting and Optimization (theory, labs, questions)
5-aws-services/ In-scope AWS services reference
6-study-plan/ Suggested 6-week study timeline
static/
css/ Custom AWS-style theme
layouts/
partials/ Custom logo and sidebar footer
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