--- title: AWS description: This topic covers Amazon Web Services, a comprehensive cloud computing platform offering over two hundred fully featured services. Learners will understand how to deploy, manage, and scale applications using core services like EC2, S3, and RDS. category: programming-tech subcategory: cloud-computing difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/aws --- # AWS This topic covers Amazon Web Services, a comprehensive cloud computing platform offering over two hundred fully featured services. Learners will understand how to deploy, manage, and scale applications using core services like EC2, S3, and RDS. ## Available Resources 2 Books • 4 Courses • 5 Websites ## Websites ### 1. AWS re:Post Amazon's official community question-and-answer site, where AWS engineers and certified experts answer configuration, permissions and troubleshooting questions. Useful when documentation does not cover a specific error, and answers are vetted and marked accepted by AWS staff. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://repost.aws/ **Tags:** aws, cloud-computing, troubleshooting, community-qa, devops ### 2. Jayendra's Cloud Certification Blog **Author:** Jayendra Patil Long-running blog of condensed cloud certification notes, exam learning paths, service cheat sheets and sample questions, mainly for AWS Solutions Architect, Developer and DevOps exams, with some Google Cloud and Kubernetes coverage. Candidates use it to review exam-relevant service details before sitting a certification. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://jayendrapatil.com/ **Tags:** aws-certification, exam-prep, cheat-sheets, solutions-architect, google-cloud-certification ### 3. AWS Documentation Amazon's official reference for every AWS service: user guides, API references, CLI syntax, and architectural whitepapers. Use it to check exact parameters, service limits, and pricing behaviour rather than relying on tutorials that go stale. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ **Tags:** aws, cloud-computing, documentation, reference, devops ### 4. Digital Cloud Training **Author:** Neal Davis Neal Davis's AWS training site, built around certification prep: paid video courses and practice exams alongside free cheat sheets, service comparisons, and beginner guides. Most useful for drilling exam-relevant service details after you have covered the fundamentals. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://digitalcloud.training/ **Tags:** aws, cloud-certification, exam-prep, cloud-computing, practice-exams ### 5. aws.amazon.com/training Official AWS Training hub offering free and paid courses, learning paths, hands-on labs, and certification prep to build cloud skills. Explore digital training (AWS Skill Builder), instructor-led classes, and resources to prepare for AWS certifications. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://aws.amazon.com/training **Tags:** websites, technology-computer-science, cloud-computing ## Courses ### 1. Architecting on AWS Learn AWS architectural best practices & design resilient, high-performing solutions on AWS. Get started today! **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/63/architecting-on-aws **Tags:** aws, cloud-architecture, solutions-architect, high-availability, cloud-computing ### 2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Ace the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam with Adrian Cantrill's comprehensive course! Master core AWS concepts and architecture best practices. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://learn.cantrill.io/p/saa03 **Tags:** aws, saa-c03, solutions-architect, certification, hands-on-labs ### 3. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 Ace the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 exam! Learn AWS from Stephane Maarek with this comprehensive course. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate-saa-c03/ **Tags:** aws, saa-c03, solutions-architect, certification, exam-prep ### 4. AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials Learn AWS cloud fundamentals! This free AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials course covers core concepts and services to get you started. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/112/aws-cloud-practitioner-essentials **Tags:** aws, cloud-fundamentals, clf-c02, certification, cloud-computing ## Books ### 1. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide **Author:** Ben Piper, David Clinton Sybex exam guide covering the Solutions Architect Associate blueprint service by service — EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, databases, and the Well-Architected pillars — with chapter review questions and practice tests to check readiness before sitting the exam. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/111950421X?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, technology-computer-science, cloud-computing ### 2. Amazon Web Services in Action **Author:** Andreas Wittig, Michael Wittig Hands-on Manning guide that builds working AWS deployments step by step: EC2, S3, VPC networking, automation with CloudFormation, then high availability, auto scaling, and managed databases. Teaches cost-aware architecture rather than exam recall. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1617292885?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, technology-computer-science, cloud-computing --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/aws