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There are 3 modules in this course
Have you wondered what exactly AWS is and why is it important? Do you want to make informed design decisions about which services to use? Do you want to gain expertise to leverage the cloud for your own projects?
In this course, you will learn to interface with the AWS cloud. You will then develop software to send data to and receive data from the cloud. Along the way, you’ll learn how to structure your project with a variety of these difference services.
Learning Goals:
After completing this course, you will be able to:
1) Understand what the cloud is and how it works.
2) Install and configure the AWS CLI and SDK on a Linux system.
3) Use various AWS services such as EC2, IoT, and many more.
4) Build projects that heavily leverage the cloud.
5) Integrate the cloud into embedded systems.
We learn about the Cloud and how to use it for our projects.
What's included
19 videos6 readings6 assignments
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19 videos•Total 173 minutes
The Cloud•28 minutes
AWS Services•17 minutes
Systems Architecture•9 minutes
Assigned Homework•1 minute
Amazon AWS - Bring Up•9 minutes
Assigned Homework•1 minute
REST API & JSON•18 minutes
MQTT Protocol•5 minutes
AWS IoT SDK•9 minutes
Assigned Homework•1 minute
Elastic Cloud Compute (with LAMP)•17 minutes
REST API & PHP Walkthrough•6 minutes
RDS, S3, and Code Commit•14 minutes
Assigned Homework•1 minute
Rekognition•9 minutes
Polly•5 minutes
Lex•13 minutes
GPU's for Machine Learning•10 minutes
Assigned Homework•1 minute
6 readings•Total 50 minutes
Module Slides•0 minutes
Resources and Assigned Homework•10 minutes
Resources and Assigned Homework•10 minutes
Resources and Assigned Homework•10 minutes
Resources and Assigned Homework•10 minutes
Resources and Assigned Homework•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 53 minutes
Lesson 1•5 minutes
Lesson 2•3 minutes
Lesson 3•5 minutes
Lesson 4•5 minutes
Lesson 5•5 minutes
Module 1•30 minutes
Real projects using AWS Cloud services
Module 2•2 hours to complete
Module details
Here we will see whole projects that utilize the cloud and how they can interact with the real world.
What's included
6 videos4 readings4 assignments
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6 videos•Total 47 minutes
Description and Execution•15 minutes
Code Walkthrough•8 minutes
Description and Execution•7 minutes
Code Walkthrough•10 minutes
Description and Execution•5 minutes
Code Walkthrough•3 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
Module Slides•10 minutes
Resources•10 minutes
Resources•10 minutes
Resources•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Lesson 1•10 minutes
Lesson 2•10 minutes
Lesson 3•10 minutes
Module 2•30 minutes
Advanced Projects and Code - Deep dive
Module 3•4 hours to complete
Module details
We will learn about Green Grass and Edge computing systems along with some advanced cloud projects.
What's included
8 videos4 readings4 assignments1 peer review
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8 videos•Total 43 minutes
Description and Execution•7 minutes
Code Walktrough•8 minutes
Assigned Homework•1 minute
Description and Execution•5 minutes
Code Walkthrough•7 minutes
Description and Execution•7 minutes
Code Walkthrough•6 minutes
Assigned Homework•1 minute
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
Module Slides•10 minutes
Resources and Assigned Homework•10 minutes
Resources and Assigned Homework•10 minutes
Resources and Assigned Homework•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Lesson 1•10 minutes
Lesson 2•10 minutes
Lesson 3•10 minutes
Module 3•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
Advanced Project•120 minutes
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