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Develop a professional CV website using AWS fundamentals
Build a recipe-sharing application with AWS serverless tools
Create an AI-powered photo analyzer using Amazon Recognition
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January 2026
9 assignments
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There are 9 modules in this course
This course is designed to enhance your AWS skills through practical, hands-on projects. You'll master AWS cloud services, gaining expertise in deploying scalable applications, integrating AI, and automating workflows. With each project, you'll build a strong portfolio and gain relevant skills that will set you apart in the competitive tech industry.
As you work through the eight projects, you will learn key AWS services and how to use them effectively. You will gain practical skills by building and deploying real-world applications, which will not only strengthen your technical knowledge but also provide the experience needed for professional growth. This course stands out by combining theoretical AWS knowledge with real-world applications. Youβll develop practical cloud skills through guided projects, which will provide a deeper understanding of how AWS services can be leveraged in various use cases. This course is ideal for students, software developers, and IT professionals seeking to expand their cloud experience. A basic understanding of programming is helpful, but no prior AWS knowledge is required.
In this section, we explore deploying and interacting with AWS services using the console, CLI, SDKs, and IaC tools, emphasizing practical skills for efficient cloud management.
What's included
2 videos6 readings1 assignment
2 videosβ’Total 2 minutes
- Course Overviewβ’1 minute
- Deploying and Interacting with AWS Services - Overview Videoβ’1 minute
6 readingsβ’Total 110 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Selecting a Serviceβ’10 minutes
- Getting Started with AWS Consoleβ’30 minutes
- Using the AWS CLIβ’30 minutes
- Understanding IaCβ’10 minutes
- Using Terraformβ’20 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Deploying and Interacting with AWS Servicesβ’10 minutes
In this section, we explore creating a personal website using AWS S3 and CloudFront, focusing on deployment, security, and optimization for scalable online presence.
What's included
1 video4 readings1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 1 minute
- Creating a Personal Website - Overview Videoβ’1 minute
4 readingsβ’Total 120 minutes
- Introductionβ’30 minutes
- Amazon CloudWatch Metricsβ’30 minutes
- Publishing the Websiteβ’30 minutes
- Implementing Custom DNSβ’30 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Building and Managing a Personal Websiteβ’10 minutes
In this section, we build a recipe-sharing web application using S3, CloudFront, EC2, and DynamoDB, focusing on secure deployment and integration of frontend and backend components.
What's included
1 video8 readings1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 1 minute
- Building a Recipe-Sharing Application - Overview Videoβ’1 minute
8 readingsβ’Total 190 minutes
- Introductionβ’30 minutes
- Data Requirementsβ’20 minutes
- Amazon S3β’10 minutes
- Cloning the Projectβ’20 minutes
- Certificate Issuingβ’30 minutes
- Additional configurations (option 1 only)β’30 minutes
- Testing and Exploring the Backendβ’20 minutes
- Cleaning upβ’30 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Building a Recipe-Sharing Applicationβ’10 minutes
In this section, we explore rearchitecting a recipe-sharing application using serverless technologies, focusing on AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Cognito for scalable, event-driven, and secure backend solutions.
What's included
1 video7 readings1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 1 minute
- Building a Serverless Recipe-Sharing Application - Overview Videoβ’1 minute
7 readingsβ’Total 160 minutes
- Introductionβ’30 minutes
- Architecture Patternsβ’20 minutes
- API Gatewayβ’30 minutes
- Configs Tsxβ’30 minutes
- Admin Pageβ’20 minutes
- Testing and Exploring the Backendβ’20 minutes
- Clean upβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Serverless Application Fundamentalsβ’10 minutes
In this section, we explore implementing a serverless image analyzer using AWS ML services. Key concepts include Terraform, Python, and Amazon Rekognition for photo quality assessment.
What's included
1 video3 readings1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 1 minute
- Implementing an Image Analyzer to Detect Photo Friendliness - Overview Videoβ’1 minute
3 readingsβ’Total 90 minutes
- Introductionβ’30 minutes
- Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambdaβ’30 minutes
- Understanding the Image Analyzer Codeβ’30 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Image Analyzer Implementation Fundamentalsβ’10 minutes
In this section, we cover building a multilingual web app with AWS and CI/CD.
What's included
1 video4 readings1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 1 minute
- Architecting a Content Translation Pipeline - Overview Videoβ’1 minute
4 readingsβ’Total 90 minutes
- Introductionβ’30 minutes
- Coding the Solutionβ’20 minutes
- Building the CI/CD Pipelineβ’30 minutes
- Testing the solutionβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Building and Managing Multilingual Web Applicationsβ’10 minutes
In this section, we implement a meeting-scheduling chatbot using Amazon Lex and AWS CloudFormation, focusing on NLP integration and real-world AI deployment.
What's included
1 video5 readings1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 1 minute
- Implementing a Chatbot Using Machine Learning - Overview Videoβ’1 minute
5 readingsβ’Total 140 minutes
- Introductionβ’30 minutes
- Architectureβ’20 minutes
- Frontend Configuration and Deploymentβ’30 minutes
- Test and Explore Your Applicationβ’30 minutes
- Manage Meeting Requests through the Admin Portalβ’30 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Chatbot Development Fundamentalsβ’10 minutes
In this section, we build a business intelligence application using AWS services like Glue, Athena, and QuickSight to process and visualize clickstream data for user behavior insights.
What's included
1 video6 readings1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 1 minute
- Building a Business Intelligence Application - Overview Videoβ’1 minute
6 readingsβ’Total 120 minutes
- Introductionβ’20 minutes
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)β’10 minutes
- Solution Deploymentβ’30 minutes
- The Glue ETL Jobβ’20 minutes
- Data visualization with QuickSightβ’30 minutes
- Clean upβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Building a Business Intelligence Applicationβ’10 minutes
In this section, we explore AWS service trade-offs, cost estimation with the AWS Pricing Calculator, and scalable architecture design for real-world applications.
What's included
1 video4 readings1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 1 minute
- Exploring Future Work - Overview Videoβ’1 minute
4 readingsβ’Total 80 minutes
- Introductionβ’20 minutes
- Generative AIβ’20 minutes
- Event-drivenβ’20 minutes
- AWS re:Postβ’20 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Exploring Future Work in Cloud Technologiesβ’10 minutes
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