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The AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C03) certification validates the technical skills required to develop, test, deploy, and debug applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The exam focuses on building and optimizing cloud-based applications, securing application code and data, using AI-assisted development tools, integrating managed AI services, and working with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows.
This course prepares learners to work with AWS SDKs, APIs, the AWS CLI, serverless application services, databases, application integration services, security controls, testing tools, deployment workflows, and observability capabilities. It also covers using AI-assisted development tools to support coding, testing, troubleshooting, and application optimization.
The updated DVA-C03 exam reflects modern developer workflows, including AI-assisted coding and the secure integration of managed AI capabilities into applications.
Registration opens: October 27, 2026
Last day to take DVA-C02: November 30, 2026
DVA-C03 general availability begins: December 1, 2026
Full-length practice exam with 400+ questions
115+ video lectures, 24+ hours of training videos for all exam objectives
A cloud sandbox and over 118+ hands-on labs
5 full-length mock exams with exhaustive explanations
Section tests — objective/topic-wise quiz for extra confidence
This Course Valid Upto 2 Years from the date of purchase
AWS developers need practical skills to build secure, reliable, and efficient cloud applications. This certification validates the ability to use AWS services and development tools throughout the application lifecycle.
By preparing for DVA-C03, learners can:
Develop and optimize applications using AWS services, APIs, SDKs, and the AWS CLI.
Use AI-assisted development tools to support coding, testing, debugging, and code optimization.
Integrate managed AI services into applications.
Apply security practices to application code, credentials, encryption, and sensitive data.
AWS recommends that candidates have:
One or more years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining applications using AWS services.
Proficiency in at least one high-level programming language.
An understanding of application lifecycle management.
Basic knowledge of cloud-focused application development.
Experience using application development tools, including AI-assisted development tools.
There are no mandatory prerequisite certifications for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam.
However, learners should ideally have programming experience and practical familiarity with AWS application development. Understanding AWS SDKs, service APIs, application security, testing, deployment, logging, monitoring, and troubleshooting will help candidates prepare effectively.
This domain evaluates the ability to develop and optimize applications using AWS services and development tools.
Key topics include:
Developing applications with AWS SDKs, APIs, and the AWS CLI.
Working with AWS compute, storage, database, and application integration services.
Developing cloud-based application functionality.
Using AI-assisted development tools to support application development.
After completing this course, learners should be able to:
Develop applications using AWS services, SDKs, APIs, and the AWS CLI.
Build and optimize cloud-based application functionality.
Use AI-assisted development tools in coding, testing, debugging, and optimization workflows.
Integrate managed AI services into applications.
Apply security controls to application code, credentials, and sensitive data.
This course is suitable for:
Software developers building applications on AWS.
Backend developers integrating AWS services into applications.
Full-stack developers working with cloud-based application components.
Cloud application developers.
DevOps practitioners involved in application deployment and release workflows.
Earning the AWS Certified Developer – Associate certification can support career development in roles such as:
AWS Cloud Developer
Software Developer
Cloud Application Developer
Backend Developer
Full-Stack Developer
Exam Preparation: Practice the concepts and skills covered in the DVA-C03 exam domains.
AWS Application Development: Strengthen knowledge of developing and optimizing applications using AWS services.
AI-Assisted Development: Understand how AI tools can support coding, testing, debugging, and optimization.
Application Security: Reinforce secure handling of credentials, encryption, permissions, and sensitive data.
AWS application development
AWS SDKs and service APIs
AWS CLI
Cloud-based application development
Application integration
AWS compute services
Exam Format and Information
Prior Certification
Not Required
Exam Validity
36 Months
Exam Fee
150 USD
Exam Duration
130 Minutes
No. of Questions
65 Questions
Passing Marks
720/1000
1+ years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining applications using AWS.
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, Spanish (Latin America).
Multiple Choice and Multiple Response questions.
Millions of aspirants have become certified with our practice tests. Give your preparation a new edge with Whizlabs AWS Certified Developer Associate practice tests.
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Experience real-world situations with hands-on labs and Cloud Sandboxes.
Validate your level of preparedness with questions created by professionals.
Our support team comprises AWS experts, ready to clarify all your questions.
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They write, deploy, and debug applications on AWS, apply security controls to code and resources, and use CI/CD pipelines to ship reliable updates.
Yes. The exam validates the use of AI-assisted development tools to support application development. It also covers integrating managed AI services into applications.
Yes. Security accounts for 26% of scored content and includes securing application code, credentials, and sensitive data.
Yes, Whizlabs publishes exam-focused guides and blog walkthroughs covering key DVA-C03 topics alongside this AWS Certified Developer - Associate course.
DVA-C03 reflects modern application development practices, including AI-assisted development tools and the secure integration of managed AI services. AWS has also updated and consolidated skills across areas such as DynamoDB, security, testing, observability, and optimization.
No. The exam guide lists selecting foundation models, engineering AI prompts, and designing Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures as out-of-scope tasks.
Yes. Testing and Deployment accounts for 22% of scored content. Candidates should understand application packaging, deployment, testing, and CI/CD workflows. Designing and creating CI/CD pipelines is listed as outside the target candidate's expected responsibilities.
Test applications and use CI/CD workflows to deploy application updates.
Troubleshoot application issues and improve performance, reliability, and resource utilization.
Strengthen their skills for cloud development, backend engineering, and AWS-focused software development roles.
Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows.
Experience developing and securing applications using AWS service APIs, SDKs, and the AWS CLI.
Knowledge of deploying applications through CI/CD workflows.
Familiarity with integrating managed AI services into applications.
Integrating managed AI services into applications.
Working with data stores and application data access patterns.
Implementing application logic and service integrations.
Optimizing application functionality and resource usage.
This domain evaluates the ability to secure application code, credentials, and data when developing applications on AWS.
Key topics include:
Implementing application-level security controls.
Managing application credentials and secrets securely.
Applying encryption to protect sensitive data.
Using AWS identity and access capabilities to support secure application access.
Applying appropriate permissions when applications access AWS services.
Protecting data in transit and at rest.
Securing application integrations with AWS services.
Applying security practices when integrating managed AI services.
This domain evaluates the ability to test applications and deploy application changes using AWS development and delivery tools.
Key topics include:
Testing application functionality and behavior.
Identifying defects before deployment.
Using AWS development and testing tools.
Packaging and deploying applications on AWS.
Using CI/CD workflows to support application releases.
Validating application changes and deployment outcomes.
Applying testing and release practices to improve software quality.
This domain evaluates the ability to identify application issues and improve application performance, reliability, and efficiency.
Key topics include:
Diagnosing application errors and failures.
Using logs, metrics, and monitoring data to investigate issues.
Troubleshooting application interactions with AWS services.
Identifying performance bottlenecks.
Optimizing application behavior and resource utilization.
Improving application observability.
Investigating issues related to data access, service integration, and deployment.
Using development tools and AI-assisted workflows to support debugging and optimization.
Use AWS services to store, retrieve, and process application data.
Test applications and validate changes before release.
Package and deploy applications through CI/CD workflows.
Troubleshoot application errors and service integration issues.
Use logging, metrics, and monitoring to investigate application behavior.
Identify opportunities to improve application performance and resource utilization.
Apply secure and reliable development practices throughout the application lifecycle.
Developers adopting AI-assisted coding and testing tools.
IT professionals seeking to validate their AWS application development skills.
Candidates preparing for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate DVA-C03 exam.
AWS Developer
Application Engineer
Cloud Software Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Cloud Integration Developer
Testing and Deployment: Prepare for questions about application testing, packaging, and CI/CD workflows.
Troubleshooting Skills: Improve the ability to diagnose application problems using logs, metrics, and monitoring.
Performance Optimization: Learn to identify and address application inefficiencies.
Career Development: Validate AWS development skills relevant to cloud application and software engineering roles.
AWS storage and database services
AI-assisted development
Managed AI service integration
Application security
Credential and secret management
Encryption and sensitive data protection
Application testing
Application packaging and deployment
CI/CD workflows
Application troubleshooting
Logging and monitoring
Observability
Performance optimization
Resource utilization optimization
Application lifecycle management
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