Additional resources
Good places to study alongside our practice questions. These are other people's sites: we don't run them and aren't affiliated with them.
Official exam information
Straight from AWS: what the exam covers and how it works.
AWS Certified Developer – Associate (opens in a new tab)
aws.amazon.com
AWS's own page for the certification: who it is for, how to book, the price and format, and links to its preparation material.
DVA-C03 exam guide (opens in a new tab)
docs.aws.amazon.com
The definitive list of what the exam covers: the four domains and their weightings, the task statements and skills under each, and which AWS services are in scope. Our domains and topics follow it.
Free courses
Structured courses you can follow from the start, at no cost.
AWS Skill Builder: DVA-C03 exam prep (opens in a new tab)
skillbuilder.aws
AWS's step-by-step prep plan on Skill Builder, linked from the official certification page. The standard exam prep course is free with a Skill Builder account; extras such as labs and the official practice exam may need a subscription.
AWS Certified Developer Associate (DVA-C02) full course, freeCodeCamp (opens in a new tab)
youtu.be
A very long, free video course by Andrew Brown of ExamPro on the freeCodeCamp YouTube channel, with hands-on follow-alongs for Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway and the developer tools. It was made for DVA-C02, so pair it with our DVA-C03 study guide for the new AI and container topics.
Reference reading
For going deeper on the ideas behind the questions.
AWS SAM Developer Guide (opens in a new tab)
docs.aws.amazon.com
Many questions involve packaging, testing and deploying serverless apps. Working through SAM templates and the sam CLI makes the deployment domain much easier.
AWS Whitepapers & Guides (opens in a new tab)
aws.amazon.com
AWS's searchable library of whitepapers and technical guides. Useful for going deeper on a topic you keep getting wrong, such as microservices or CI/CD.