Updated Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate: Registration now open

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Registration is now open for the updated Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate exam. The first day to take the updated Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate exam is February 28, 2023. The changes to the updated exam are not significant and reflect changes in trends, the industry landscape, and the work practices of cloud professionals. If you need to re-certify, you have the option to retake the current or updated Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate, or upgrade to the Amazon Web Services Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, which will automatically recertify the Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate. The Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate exam, delivered by Pearson VUE, our test delivery provider, at test centers or through online proctoring, is available in the following languages: English, French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, and Spanish (Latin America).

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About Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate

This certification validates a candidate’s ability to demonstrate proficiency in developing, testing, deploying, and debugging Amazon Web Services cloud-based applications. Earning this certification highlights your ability to write applications with Amazon Web Services service APIs, Amazon Web Services Command Line Interface (CLI), and SDKs, use containers, and deploy with a CI/CD pipeline. Per an Enterprise Strategy Group survey conducted in 2022, after participating in Amazon Web Services Training and Certification 81% of survey respondents indicated improved ability to troubleshoot and 84% cited improved ability to accelerate cloud migrations. Job listings requiring this certification have increased 5%, October 2021 – September 2022 (Source: Lightcast™ September 2022), making this an in-demand certification.

Who should get the Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate

• Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate is the recommended starting point on the Amazon Web Services Certification journey for individuals who have IT or cloud experience and are in roles like cloud engineer, developer, cloud architect, systems administrator, and cloud or on-premises software developer.
• For individuals who already have the Amazon Web Services Certified Cloud Practitioner certification and are in or aspire to roles like developer, cloud engineer, and cloud or on-premises software developer, the Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate would be the ideal next certification to prepare for and attain.
• Individuals who need to recertify for Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate can do so by retaking the current exam on or before February 27, 2023, the updated exam starting February 28, 2023, or by upgrading to the Amazon Web Services Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional exam.

What has changed:

The updated Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate (referred to here as DVA-C02 for optimal clarity) blueprint available February 28, 2023, contains four domains. In the current blueprint (DVA-C01) Domain 4, “Refactoring” was determined to have significant overlap with the other domains. Therefore, the content of this domain was re-distributed into the new four-domain structure in the DVA-C02 blueprint. The domains were also re-ordered to more logically and accurately reflect current work practices. Below is a comparison of the outlines for the current exam (DVA-C01) and the updated exam (DVA-C02) outline:

Additions to tasks:

• Domain 1: Task 1.3 Utilize data stores in application development
• Domain 2: Task 2.3 Manage sensitive data in application code
• Domain 3: Tasks 3.2 Test applications in development environments; and 3.3 Automate deployment testing

Deletions: One task from the DVA-C01 blueprint (Deploy applications using Amazon Web Services Elastic Beanstalk) was removed as the prevalence of the use of Elastic Beanstalk has decreased in practice.

How to prepare for updated Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02)

Access Amazon Web Services Certified Developer – Associate preparation resources:

• Dive into free digital training and access the Official Practice Question Sets in all exam languages and accessible on Amazon Web Services Skill Builder
• Explore paid classroom training on the exam page
• Gauge your readiness by taking the full-length Official Practice Exam, available in English starting on Feb 28, 2023, on Amazon Web Services Skill Builder
• Utilize self-paced free exam prep course (2 hours of videos) and the exam prep course (with practice materials) featuring 6-8 hours of training, videos, labs, and access to the Official Practice Exam, available in English starting on Feb 28, 2023, on Amazon Web Services Skill Builder

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