DVA-C01
Get your AWS Certified Developer Associate (DVA-C01) Certification with this guide
Pass the AWS Certified Developer Associate Certification - DVA-C01 on a budget
For this test I recommend studying for at least 4 weeks. Using the first 15 days take the free official AWS course 1 hour daily, during the remaining 15 days take 1 of our 20-question Developer Associate Study Mode Assessment complete it then save it and check your progress on the "My Track" section, do this daily. After you complete all the simulator questions do an "All My Incorrect Questions" test. Once Your track is complete (My Track - Overall score > 80%) take the final exam readiness test by doing an Exam mode Assessment (you can get a pdf certificate!), once you pass this exam you will be ready to take the official aws certification exam.
Preparation duration:
- 4 weeks 1 hour each day.
Free Official AWS Course:
DEVSPOT resources:
Usually I recommend following this plan to get your certification:
- Week 1-2: Take the AWS training course
- Week 3: Start doing study mode exam simulations.
- Week 4: Complete My Track and do a full Exam Mode assessment
Some additional tips:
After I completed around 300 practice questions I assumed I was ready for the test, the questions are similar but not equal to the simulator questions(i guess aws is doing a good job rotating the questions). The toughest questions for me where the ones related to CLI and cloudformation, I recommended building something on aws to apply the concepts but it is not mandatory.
My thoughts right after taking this exam:
Yesterday I passed awscda exam, I've also completed the awscsaa and, oh boy this test is harder than the other one during the test I thought was going to fail, I had to guess on some questions and think about what is the most intuitive way to implement the things they were asking (I've been a developer for 8 years, 1 year interacting with beanstalk). So this test is no joke. Maybe I was a bit overconfident since I scored 932 on the AWSCSAA. Anyway here is a quick recap of my preparation.
Good luck!