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Here is your updated AWS Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) Checklist with ✅ marks added for the topics you’ve completed:

AWS Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) Checklist

Track your coverage of Developer Associate topics.
Complete = ✅ To do = 🔲
Each topic includes a short description for fast reference.

Core Services
Status Topic Description
✅ Amazon EC2 Virtual servers with full control over OS, networking, storage
✅ AWS Lambda Event-driven, serverless compute for small units of logic
✅ Elastic Beanstalk Easy deployment of apps without managing infrastructure
✅ API Gateway Front door for APIs with security, throttling, and integrations
✅ Amazon S3 Scalable object storage for web assets, logs, or datasets
Deployment & CI/CD
Status Topic Description
✅ CodePipeline Automates full software release workflows
✅ CodeBuild Fully managed build service for compiling or testing code
✅ CodeDeploy Handles rolling, blue/green, and in-place app deployments
✅ SAM (Serverless App Model) IaC for serverless apps using CloudFormation under the hood
✅ Blue/Green Deployments Deploy strategies to minimize downtime and risk
Security
Status Topic Description
✅ IAM Manage users, roles, and policies across AWS services
✅ KMS Secure encryption key storage and access control
✅ Amazon Cognito User sign-in, sign-up, and access control for apps
✅ Trust Policies Define which entities can assume IAM roles
✅ Signed URLs & Cookies Time-limited access to S3 or CloudFront-secured content
App Integration
Status Topic Description
✅ Amazon SQS Distributed message queue for decoupling components
✅ Amazon SNS Pub/sub messaging system for push-based events
✅ EventBridge Event bus for integrating SaaS, custom, or AWS events
✅ Step Functions Serverless orchestration using visual workflows
✅ DLQs & Retry Strategies Handling failures in messaging or async processing
Monitoring & Debugging
Status Topic Description
✅ CloudWatch Metrics & Logs Core monitoring, alarms, and log collection service
✅ Custom Metrics Define and emit your own metrics via SDK or CLI
✅ Lambda Logging & Insights View logs, metrics, and traces for Lambda executions
✅ AWS X-Ray End-to-end distributed tracing across AWS services
SDK, CLI & Credentials
Status Topic Description
✅ Using AWS SDKs Programmatic access using language-specific libraries
✅ AWS CLI Usage Command-line access to provision and manage resources
✅ STS & Temporary Credentials Short-term access tokens for roles or federated users
✅ Retry & Error Handling Backoff, retries, and fault-tolerant API usage

See Study Strategy to learn how this checklist fits into your exam prep process.