How I Passed the AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) Exam

TL;DR I prepared for DVA-C02 by mastering serverless architectures (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway), application security (IAM roles, Cognito, KMS, Secrets Manager), CI/CD pipelines (SAM, Code Suite), and observability (CloudWatch, X-Ray). Connecting SDK code implementation details with core AWS developer patterns helped me pass the exam. Certification earned ...

October 5, 2026 · 18 min · Nabil Noh