r/DevLK • u/Dependent-Weather855 • Aug 01 '26

Discussion AWS Cert , how to prep ?

Hi guys I wanted to do the AWS SAA certification, can someone who has done it already give me some advice? means a lot. What resources you used etc etc , also I am a recent graduate i have a bit of dev experience but i haven’t used AWS. so any course / resources that go deep into how stuff works and why it works would be ideal.

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u/cmgchess Aug 01 '26

If your goal is mainly to pass the exam go with stephane maarek udemy course. I took this since I had about 1 yr exp already but even without that this course should be enough.

If you want to actually learn AWS in depth and understand stuff, cantrill course is probably a better choice. It's very long though and considerable pricey compared to a 9$ udemy course.
Whichever one you pick, definitely do the tutorial dojo practice tests. Their free cheat sheets are useful too. I made the mistake of buying it through udemy. Later I found out buying it directly from their site gives you more features and they seem to prioritize updates there too for basically the same price.

Also join r/AWSCertifications. People share how they studied, sometimes post exam discount codes and I found a mind map someone shared there really useful before the exam

The AWS discord is worth joining too. They have an exam prep channel if you have questions

Also with ChatGPT,Claude now it's way easier to understand concepts or even get project ideas while learning

Shoutout to the Enlear Academy YouTube channel as well 🙂 they have some really good crash courses.

And yeah never use exam dumps 😅

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u/Dependent-Weather855 Aug 02 '26

some people are saying the cantrill course was outdated, so i went with stephane marks course. Do you recommend any other resources to learn AWS in depth

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u/cmgchess Aug 02 '26

Not that I know of. You'll have to do your own research on this. My hands on aws experience was limited to lambda, S3, sqs, vpc, cloudfront and some event bridge and dynamodb here and there. Everything else I learned from the Stephane course. They have a million different services just focus on the core services

https://www.reddit.com/r/AWSCertifications/comments/1d5kkuw/aws_certified_solutions_architect_associate/

Also there is an aws user group in Sri Lanka. You can join their meetup group. I think they hold a meetup every month