Getting Started with AWS | Amazon Web Services BASICS

Let's dive right into the basics of AWS so that you get a quick overview over what AWS actually is and what you can do with it.
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Let's dive right into the basics of AWS so that you get a quick overview over what AWS actually is, what you can do with it and how it works!
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Example Project (don't forget to unzip + rezip!): github.com/academind/aws-firs...
Some useful AWS Articles:
- Getting Started: aws.amazon.com/getting-started
- Infrastructure: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/glob...
- Pricing: aws.amazon.com/pricing
- More on EC2 (since I show it in the video): aws.amazon.com/ec2
- More on Elastic Beanstalk: aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk
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This guy ladies and gentlemen, taught me how to code for the first time. I made a backend in Node.js, I used everything he taught. I used bcrypt, used cors, mongoose.connect, nodemon, made schemas....everything. Then I made the front-end in React, I used axios, used UI libraries like material.... then I connected them. Then I learnt to host via AWS. It is always awesome to spent time watching his videos over a coffee. Never pen down anything, this is not a chemistry class.......always go and run commands, practically do it. That's what I did, years back. Now I am a FULL STACK DEVELOPER. ALL THANKS TO MAX.

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That's so awesome to hear, congratulations! I'm going through his node.js class right now, and I'm blown away by how detailed his explanations are. It really helps me understand the context of each technology, and how each technology he uses is pieced together like a puzzle. I'm interested in taking his AWS course, but I saw that he uses DynamoDB, but I was interested in using a relational database. Do you think the knowledge learned in that course can be translated to another AWS service like RDS?

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You're a king, Max. You have helped me find love doing something I can do every day and even get paid for. It's one of the greatest gifts. Thanks!

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Thanks for the great advice Max. Now I have to share some great advice with you as well. Do not blur your confidential information in videos and pictures. Hackers have written programs that brute force blur images and compare them to your blurred images by pixel comparison algorithms. It is very easy for these algorithms to guess the correct numbers/letters compared to a blurred image. This essentially means they can unblur your confidential information and get all your credit card and other confidential information by these continued guesses and fancy algorithms. The correct way to redact your information when publishing media is to write over it with black pixels/rectangles.

[@academind]

Thanks for the notice. The blurred content isn't really that confidential to be honest - just information I don't necessarily need to share with everyone (e.g. my personal mail). If people were to extract it - so be it, the password is not part of the video. I'll keep it in mind though, you are right about the increasing possibilities of things like this to happen

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This comment is making me sweat. I would definitely check out my older shared videos.

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[@academind]

Thanks a lot for your comment Nguai! AWS can definitely be confusing sometimes so I'm really happy to read that my videos helped to make things clearer for you :)

[@njabulombuli3609]

Max I am busy going through your course on react and I can't thank you enough 😄 Your accent threw me off in the beginning but once I got used to it, I felt like I was being taught by a Swiss scientist lol😅 Thanks again Max. Even your youtube videos are on point👍

[@academind]

Thank you so much for your amazing feedback Njabulo!

[@ranjan_v]

Thank you very much Max, you are helping a lot of students

[@MrMikomi]

The mind boggles at how much we are expected to know as developers. There seems no end to the amount of cross-cutting languages, frameworks, concepts etc that we are expected to understand and become proficient in.

[@dhidhi1000]

You don't need to be proficient in so many things, it's like saying an engineer has to actually know those many hundreds pages books. In practice you'll know what you're looking for and ignore 99% of the stuff.

[@randiaz95]

@@dhidhi1000 Diego I know you mean well, but do you have a software engineering job?

[@TelmaFrege]

As a Software Engineer with 18 years of experience: I agree with you. It's the best and worst of working in IT: 1) It keeps your career interesting because you're learning all the time (there is no way I could work on a field that hasn't changed at all in decades, it would bore me to death!), 2) At the same time, there is no "downtime"... you have to keep learning what's new out there and that gets stressful some times. You don't have to master everything, but have at least a basic knowledge of what's out there. At this very moment, I'm studying for my AWS Architect certification.

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[@heatherdorrian6566]

This was one of the most comprehensive videos on AWS. Thank you!

[@dzengiztafa510]

Just had my first day of AWS training @ work & was handed my certificate of completion. Excellent video! Hoping to host a react app there in the near future

[@tharunrocky14]

Thank You so much Max!! Awesome tutorial!!

[@academind]

Thank YOU for your awesome comment Tharun :)

[@jeffjcd]

Thank You so much Max! started on Udemy, then got the pro course for 5 month ongoing. Just finished the UI for my react native, now getting ready to launch. Thank You Thank You so much!!!

[@Muslimgirl003]

Amazing content as always, Max! I swear it feels like home whenever I desperately look for a video about a certain topic and see a video of yours pop up!

[@academind]

Wow, thank you!

[@khalidelgazzar]

Great video. Max. Every time I come across your videos, I enjoy them. Watched this one in early 2020 and now watching it again by the end of 2020!

[@kamikazehard]

that "We see.... WHOA!" was awesome

[@workingTchr]

The best introduction to AWS I've been able to find so for.

[@warronfrench8163]

Another note, Maximillian/Academind, this is the first video I have been able to find that explains what I wanted to know... HOW to GET STARTED. (sorry for the caps). I have been reviewing KZbin links looking for something precisely like this for months.

[@qadeerahmad3963]

You are Best with your good Teaching Skills. I want to work on AWS you made it very easy. Simply Thanks Max!

[@academind]

Thanks so much, that's really amazing to hear!

[@Shree79124]

In india we are calling you GURU, great max thanks for making web development courses easier.

[@hippiejosh63]

Great videos Max, really enjoy and learn a lot from your content. Keep it up!

[@bridgetsarah7573]

Thank you for the video, that's been the best video I've seen how to do it! Highly recommended!

[@academind]

So happy to read that Bridget, thank you!

[@tacarson]

I wish i had seen this a year ago! Such a clear explanation for a very confusing topic to start learning. Thank you so much for your help!

[@academind]

Thanks so much Tate, happy to hear that this was helpful!

[@jeev5005]

Great video actually helped a lot, looking forward to watching the rest of the videos on your channel. Thank you!

[@juliuspetre4704]

Thank you so much, almost all the questions that I have in mind about AWS are already answered. Thanks again.

[@academind]

Awesome to hear that Julius, thanks so much!

[@maspoetry1]

Man your knowledge is impressive. Thank you for this intro.

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Thank you so much for such a detailed tutorial! Exactly what many and I needed to start hosting their web app!

[@Oscar-cd8rn]

Best tutorial I found for getting started with AWS. Thanks!

[@academind]

So cool to read that, thank you so much Oscar!

[@BruceOlsen]

Very nice - clear and concise with enough detail to understand some of the behind the scenes actions.

[@academind]

Very happy to read that you liked the video Bruce, thank you!

[@zeeraViewer]

Writing in 2021, AWS seems to be pushing Lambda as their flexible option in contrast to EC2 which is constrained by the parameters you pick. But I'll bet that for most developers "Elastic Beanstalk" (not talked about nearly as much) is the flexible option they're looking for. And, of course, many thanks to Max. Your videos are a breath of fresh air into these murky subjects.

[@berniestrong8206]

Thanks for taking the time to explain this. Very helpful!

[@academind]

Always happy to read that the video was helpful, thanks a lot Bernie!

[@Chrono803]

Love your courses and tutorials, Max! Keep up the awesome work!

[@academind]

I'll try my best, thanks for the amazing feedback!

[@abdullahmoiz8151]

This is by far the best video on aws I have seen Brilliant work

[@academind]

It's just amazing to receive such a wonderful feedback, thank you very much Abdullah!

[@christophercaldwell8139]

I bought your AWS Serverless course and it has helped a lot! A bonus section, or even another course on using SAM to configure AWS would be pretty great as well. You use the console the entire course, which is great for newbies such as myself, but I think it would be really valuable to get your take on CloudFormation, CodePipeline, and the rest.

[@shirazisam455]

Super presentation and tutorial. I'm currently following you "AWS Serverless APIs" course and this brought me here as an optional section.

[@academind]

Awesome to read that you like the video and the course Shiraz! Thank you for your support :)

[@googlesellsmydata]

Thank you for this video. I learned a lot very quickly. This was a great way to get started.

[@TheTileMan]

Exceptional video! The best I've seen on this topic, as a matter of fact. Thanks and keep 'em commin'!

[@academind]

That's so great to read, thank you for sharing this. I'll try my best to keep it going :)

[@bekuostudio]

Thank you very much i was hitting my head to my desk for hours, your video was very clear.

[@academind]

Thank you Marco, it makes me really happy to read that the video was of help to you :)

[@LankaNaveen]

I'm a great fan of you Max.

[@academind]

Really awesome to hear that, thanks so much Lanka! :)

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I really loved the pop up : " AGGRESSIVE PRICING = GOOD FOR YOU" , I didn't know that , thank you

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Thanks for sharing. This is the best video for tutorials for newbie

[@ajitprabhu3386]

What a great and easy to understand introduction to AWS! Thanks a lot.

[@academind]

Thank YOU for your absolutely amazing feedback Ajit!

[@leelokje]

Wonderful introduction! Well explained. I am hoping to learn AWS faster by watching your videos. Thank you for all the time and effort you invested in the creations of your tutorials! I really appreciate you for that!

[@academind]

It makes me so happy to read comments like yours Leontine! Enjoy the videos and I hope you have fun with AWS :)

[@LizbethLeeds]

after first minute you get my thumb up..! I was confused with all the amazon information, you make it clear

[@academind]

Thanks a lot for both your support and your great feedback!

[@JonathanThompson1320]

This is amazing and exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!

[@academind]

Thank YOU for sharing this wonderful feedback Jonathan!

[@istwishmeister9368]

You have just break the barrier between me and aws by making this video. Danke Max.

[@academind]

So cool to read that, thanks so much for your great feedback!

[@marciosantiago473]

Short but gold. Thanks for that!

[@academind]

Happy to read that you like it Marcio, thank you!

[@FaztTech]

Thanks a lot for this serie. AWeSome ;)

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So Max, finally you want your every subscriber to be a full stack developer . :-)

[@academind]

All developers are welcome :)

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[@luolisave]

Ha-ha

[@FerrumCorde]

woah why can't we transcend and be stackless developers

[@joeldawriter]

Thanks for this video Max you're the best

[@mattsosna1929]

Great video, clear instruction. Thanks!

[@customsoft2010]

Yes well organized and presented tutorial and it's current. Would recommend...

[@academind]

Thank you very much for your great feedback Jack, this honestly means a lot to me!

[@stevehutch]

A very comprehensive overview of AWS.

[@vishalsingh8758]

So happy that i subscribed to your channel. Hope to see more tutorials on AWS. Keep up the good work :)

[@academind]

Happy to have you on board Vishal! And I'll upload more AWS tutorials for sure, no worries :)

[@jolietia]

Super informative. Thank you so much for posting!

[@academind]

Great to read that the video was helpful Danny!

[@80Vikram]

Vielen dank for this awesome video, god bless you.

[@BeingDane]

The content is easy to follow... Great job done. Thanks for sharing content like this...

[@academind]

Thank YOU for your great feedback Dane, happy to read that you like the video!

[@administrativepolicy1761]

thank you so much for this amazing tutorial waiting for more

[@draganmijatovic8503]

Thanks Max! Great video to jump into AWS.

[@academind]

Thank you Dragan, really happy to read that the video was helpful!

[@jasonma1904]

Extremely useful tutorial. Thanks for all your works.

[@academind]

Thanks a lot Tato!

[@jackt6112]

Thanks for your explanation. It's not for me but that in itself is valuable to know.

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Best Software Development Tutor on the Web.

[@academind]

Thank you :)

[@sukosuko1]

Great video, get to the point quick and nice to listen to.

[@academind]

That's really great to read, thank you very much for your amazing feedback!

[@arakwar]

I didn't knew you had a KZbin channel. I followed your Angular class on Udemy and it was really complete!

[@academind]

So awesome to also have you on board of the KZbin channel now Sébastien! I hope you can also find some interesting topics here :)

[@king2be159]

Extremely helpful thank you

[@ALXG]

Maximilian, you are the man! Subscribed.

[@academind]

Awesome, welcome on board Alexander, thanks so much for your support!

[@ryanfavour4]

Well at least I grabbed the basics. Thanks a lot maxi

[@seeking_knowledge89]

Was waiting for this... Thank you Max

[@academind]

Great to have you on board Pratyush!

[@pauldubois3739]

Max, As always, great job in helping us dig into technology! I just started your Udemy course, "AWS Serverless APIs & Apps - A Complete Introduction", so it was great to find a link to this video to get a quick introduction to AWS.

[@academind]

Thank you for your feedback Paul, great to have you on board here and of the Udemy course! We will soon add AWS as a topic on academind.com, so feel free to have a look, maybe you will find some more helpful information :)

[@donmikele07]

You are doing a great job. You have the best words from me fro all your tutorials. I watch them and enjoy. Maybe it is interesting to complete this series of videos with AWS SQS (simple queue service) for Laravel. It is very interesting for apps with a lot of background processes (preparing reports, files to be downloaded, payment schedule,...) that might overload machine (server). This naturally affects performance of the whole app and because of it it is very important to separate background processes that are not interested to users but only to admins.

[@academind]

Thanks for your great feedback and also your suggestion. You're right, that is an interesting topic. I'll keep this series going on a "from time to time" basis and there are a lot of interesting services (including SQS) I'll probably look into.

[@shishirchitre1945]

Great tutorial man!!!! Thanks a lot!! :D

[@johnmm5146]

Hey Max! Thank you very much for this guide.

[@academind]

Thank YOU for your great feedback John!

[@neossoftware]

The tutorial is amazing thank Max!

[@academind]

Thank you so much Mario!

[@daggawagga]

Lol! This is the first time I find a good KZbin channel only after buying one of its courses. Usually it's the other way around

[@academind]

That's so cool to read, thanks a lot for your support on Udemy and now also here on KZbin! I hope that you will also find other interesting videos here on the channel :)

[@appeshreddy]

Good to understand basic concepts , Thank you.

[@academind]

Happy to read that the video helped to make things a bit clearer, thank you for your comment Appesh!

[@victoro1373]

You're the best Max.

[@HernisQ]

Great tutorial, as always, Maximilian. Quick question: compared to Lightsail, would you say that beanstalk is more flexible and suited for larger applications? That is to say, Lightsail would be a lot more restricted and more of a content provider applications? Thank you!

[@sh8ma]

Thanks for the useful information 👍🏻

[@riskyfitz2]

Very good delivery!

[@academind]

Thank you!

[@alibouhaddou5233]

Great tutorial ! Thanks

[@lawrencegelder4022]

Great introduction to getting started with AWS.

[@academind]

Happy to read that Lawrence, thank you very much!

[@shadow_self8564]

Amazing intro. of this video. Love it

[@ReviewPetti]

Very useful and good start for beginners.

[@academind]

Thank you :)

[@krishnadv5619]

Thanks Bro..Much informative..really great work..keep rocking..Thanks

[@academind]

Thanks a lot Krishna, I'll do my best to keep it going :)

[@VarghaHokmran]

Thank you so so much. Such a great tutorial

[@academind]

Thank you for your comment Vargha, happy to read that you like it!

[@saganeiro88]

Nice start

[@ogroogrom3933]

Amazing video. thank you Max!

[@academind]

Awesome to read that, thank you so much Olga!

[@johnbee1069]

Awesome tutorial - loved it!

[@academind]

Thanks so much John, just fantastic to get feedback like yours!

[@johnkuras1556]

Thanks Max very good video

[@aadithyaks]

Thanks Max...That was great presentation...!

[@academind]

That's so great to read, thank YOU for your feedback!

[@vikasnigania]

Thank you so much, it's really awesome video!!!

[@academind]

Thank YOU for sharing this fantastic feedback Vikash :)

[@alpeshjoshi8558]

Thank you for such a great tutorial.

[@academind]

Thank YOU - great to hear that this video was helpful!

[@aamirabdulwahiddarweesh2444]

Great, Many Thanks Brother,,,,,, really appreciate

[@Nageswararao93]

Thank you soooo much for this video Max

[@academind]

You're welcome! Happy to hear you're liking it!

[@haseebahmed6278]

Excellent Tutorial. Thanks.

[@academind]

Thanks so much Haseeb!

[@mayibuyeiafrica]

Like always great tutorial Max.

[@academind]

Thank you very much for your comment Michael!

[@j4nch]

I would love to have some content showing how to use/connect angular to AWS(especially with amplify), and how to use directly the aws-angular packages.

[@thecodeimplementation3417]

Great video! I'm doing the Cloud Essentials course and wanted to see a practical implementation.

[@14zainy]

Thanks much informative and with detailed explanation

[@academind]

That's great to read Mohammad, thank you!

[@priyankaojha480]

Good Explanation

[@achrafel351]

awesome ! we really need other tutorials from you

[@academind]

So happy to read that you like it Achraf! I got more videos here on the channel and on academind.com/learn you can also find the videos by different topics :)