AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

I passed mine today with the resources linked below, did the course Thanksgiving weekend and practice tests since New Years. I think I was very well-prepared. I have some learning challenges but I was able to complete it confidently well under the time limit.

course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/aws-cloud-practitioner-essentials

practice exams: https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner-practice-test

Here is a quick start

All of these are free to audit and are official courses that are designed by AWS.

First the AWS basics

https://www.coursera.org/learn/aws-cloud-practitioner-essentials

Then choose either Node or Python.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/building-modern-node-applications-on-aws

https://www.coursera.org/learn/building-modern-python-applications-on-aws

Then learn SAM

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/what-is-sam.html

Dive deeper when you get a chance

[I am the OP, posting for context]

These are some cloud courses that I looked up online. Again, I have no way to evaluate whether these are worth my time, or even if some of the better courses out there are in this list.

Coursera: Cloud Computing Specialization

Coursera: Cloud Computing Basics

Coursera: Introduction to Cloud Computing

Coursera: AWS Fundamentals Specialization

Coursera: AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

Udemy: Intro to AWS Cloud Computing for Beginners

Cloud Academy: Get Started Building Cloud Solutions

I just posted about the A Cloud Guru course for Cloud Practitioner being free for July :

https://www.reddit.com/r/AWSCertifications/comments/ocv8fh/a_cloud_guru_cloud_practitioner_course_is_free/

There is AWS's own training available in 3 different platforms - pick one that you like or use - note that AWS has plenty of other free training in each of these platforms

AWS's own site : https://www.aws.training/Details/eLearning?id=60697

edX : https://www.edx.org/course/aws-cloud-practitioner-essentials

Coursera : https://www.coursera.org/learn/aws-cloud-practitioner-essentials

FreeCodeCamp have a course created by Andrew Brown available via YouTube : https://youtu.be/3hLmDS179YE

Definitely don't have to pay for a course if you can learn on your own from videos and some hands on practice with a free tier account.

I have some other tips here : https://dev.to/aws-builders/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner-resources-guide-2c9d

If you are looking at the Solutions Architect course - try this one for some recommended resources AND 50% off voucher for the exam : https://pages.awscloud.com/GLOBAL_TRAINCERT_takethechallenge.html

Videos are hosted on Twitch.Tv and you get a summary page with pointers, slides and other resources as well.

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Good Luck!