The Cloud Resume Challenge - AWS

Welcome to the Cloud Resume Challenge - AWS! This challenge is designed to guide you through creating an interactive resume hosted on AWS, incorporating a variety of cloud technologies and best practices.

Project Overview

The challenge consists of creating a static resume webpage with the following features and requirements:

1. Certification

   • Your resume needs to have the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.
   • If you have a more advanced AWS cert, that's fine, but not required.
   • The certification exam can be taken online for $100 USD.

2. HTML

   • Your resume should be written in HTML, not a Word document or PDF.

3. CSS

   • Style your resume with CSS. You don’t need to be a designer, but make sure it’s visually appealing.

4. Static Website

   • Host your HTML resume as a static website on Amazon S3.
   • Avoid using services like Netlify or GitHub Pages for this project, as we need to focus on S3.

5. HTTPS

   • Use Amazon CloudFront to enable HTTPS on your S3 static website for security.

6. DNS

   • Point a custom DNS domain to the CloudFront distribution so that your resume can be accessed with a custom domain (e.g., my-c00l-resume-website.com).
   • You can use Amazon Route 53 or any other DNS provider.

7. JavaScript

   • Include a visitor counter on your resume page that displays how many people have accessed the site.

8. Database

   • Use Amazon DynamoDB to store and update the visitor counter.

9. API

   • Create an API (using AWS API Gateway and Lambda) to communicate between your JavaScript front-end and DynamoDB.

10. Python

    • Write your Lambda function in Python, utilizing the boto3 library to interact with AWS services.

11. Tests

    • Include tests for your Python code to ensure it functions properly.

12. Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

    • Define your API resources (DynamoDB, API Gateway, Lambda) using AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM).
    • Deploy your infrastructure using the AWS SAM CLI.

13. Source Control

    • Use GitHub to host your backend and frontend code.

14. CI/CD (Backend)

    • Set up GitHub Actions to automatically deploy your API when changes are pushed to your repository.
    • Ensure that Python tests are run before deployment.

15. CI/CD (Frontend)

    • Create another GitHub repository for your frontend website.
    • Set up GitHub Actions to update your S3 bucket when changes are made to the frontend code.

16. Blog Post

    • Write a short blog post (hosted on Dev.to or Hashnode) describing the lessons you learned while working on this project.
    • Include a link to the blog post in the text of your resume.

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For more detailed strategies, tools, and further challenges to help you get hired in the cloud, check out the AWS edition of the Cloud Resume Challenge Guidebook.

Good luck, and happy building!