Vipul Tankariya - AWS Certified Developer - Associate Guide: Your one-stop solution to pass the AWS developers certification

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Vipul Tankariya has very broad experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He has worked with a number of customers across the globe, solving real-life business problems in terms of technology and strategy. He is also a public speaker at various AWS events and meetups. He has not only extensively worked on AWS, but is also certified in five AWS certifications:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
• AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
• AWS Certified Developer Associate
• AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate

This book combines his AWS experience of solving real-life business problems with his hands-on development experience with various programming languages. Vipul is an accomplished senior cloud consultant and technologist focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based solutions with more than 21 years of experience.

He has been involved in conceptualizing, designing, and implementing large-scale cloud solutions on a variety of public/private/hybrid clouds. He has also been instrumental in setting up cloud migration strategies for customers, building enterprise-class cloud solutions, Go-To market collateral, and AWS training, as well as cloud pre-sales activities.

Vipul has a wide range of experience working on DevOps, CI/CD, and automation at each level of the delivery life cycle of products, solutions, and services on the cloud, as well as on-premises.

There are many people in my personal and professional life who made me what I am today. Though many of the names that I am going to mention in this book may not even know what AWS is, without their support, I would not have even developed many of the basic life skills, let alone the ability to write an AWS book.

First and foremost I would like to thank my father, who taught me how important it is to be a good human being before being anything in life. I will always be indebted to my mother, who taught me how to work hard and what strong willpower is. I would also like to mention my wife, Priya; without her support this book would not have been possible. My son, Arav, also deserves a special mention here, as I have spent some of his share of my time on this book.

I would also like to thank my sisters, Asha and Bina, who taught me what compassion is. I must thank my brother, Vijay, who has always protected me in every aspect of life.

I would also like to thank Badrinarayan Ramanujan, my friend, who has always motivated me and helped me assess my real value. Very special thanks as well to Jaymin Jhala as I don't think my IT career would have started without him.

I must thank my friend, Jay Punjani, my brother from another mother, who has taught me to dream big and understand unspoken words. I would also like to thank Mr BSGK Shastry, my Guru, who cultivated the professional approach in me.

I would also like to thank Mr. Ira Sheinwald, my friend and mentor, who showed confidence in me and gave me a chance to work on my first AWS project. Heartfelt thanks also goes to my friend, Shashikant Kuwar, along with Ira, as we have worked together to solve many technical and strategic challenges on AWS.

I must show my gratitude to Mr. Vivek Raju, my friend and mentor in my AWS journey. My AWS journey would not have been enriched without the support of Varun Dube and Vikas Goel.

My heartfelt thanks also go to my friends Satyajit Das, Jhalak Modi, Appasaheb Bagali, Ajaykumar Kakumanu, Pushpraj Singh, Chandrasekhar Singh, and Rakesh Sing, who have been part of my AWS certification journey. Also, very special thanks to Gajanan Chandgadkar, who has been with me in multiple counts for not only technically reviewing this book, but also for being there in my AWS certification journey. We all worked together for almost a year to get our five AWS certifications.

I would also like to thank Heramb Bhavsar, Abhishek Jadhav, Swathy Mohan, and the entire team at Packt for making this book a reality.

Last but not least, I would like to thank my friend and co-author of this book, Bhavin Parmar, who saw the dream of writing this book with me. If it was not for him, I would not have taken this book as a project.

Bhavin Parmar has very broad experience in cloud consulting, development, and training. He actively participates in solving real-life business problems. Bhavin has not only extensively worked on AWS, but he is also certified in AWS and Red Hat:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
• AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
• AWS Certified Developer Associate
• AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
• Red Hat Certified Architect

This book combines his AWS experience in solving real-life business problems with his hands-on deployment and development experience. Bhavin is an accomplished technologist and senior cloud consultant focused on strategic thought leadership concentrated around next-generation cloud-based and DevOps solutions with more than 11 years of experience.