Django in AWS (EC2): Fundamentals Course (Udemy.com)

I have thoroughly loved this course. Being a Django dev, I was shying away from AWS EC2 as I found it daunting and always leaned towards Heroku as an easy solution. But after this course, there is no turning back to Heroku. It's going to be EC2 all the way for me. Thanks so much Jacob!

This is a good basic introduction. As of March 2020 the section on auto-scaling seems a little outdated, as the current options in the AWS dashboard don't match what is shown in the course. It also lacks any guidance on how to implement https, which is becoming more and more of a basic requirement for any site. It would be helpful to have some instruction on how to implement that, especially with AWS load balancers.

good explanation as an introduction(if you know nothing about AWS)..but keep in mind it is old(around 3 years old) so you have to edit a lot of things to make things work....another thing there is no support..no one will answer your questions if you take the course now. you have to depend on your self...another thing elastic beanstalk is not mentioned (but if you understand his explanation) you will be able to do it by yourself after reading aws docs ... lastly some of the code(regarding setting up the Ubuntu server) didn't work (I just ignored this part )...Overall as a beginner glad to take the course because I learned things in a relatively short time although I had hard times because it is old and there is no support.

Thanks a lot for this course, it was pretty helpful and well explained and saved my time a lot to deploy my project. I know it takes time but it would be nice if chapters could have been updated where the dashboard and surfaces are different now. AWS dashboard is fine, but Elastic IP is not included in "Services", S3 surface is brand new. In total it is a very valuable and recoverable course. I learned a lot and I have been noticed for many security issues and cases that I didn't know before, so I can be more responsible and careful. Bests, Anna

Great course, as per others comments it seems to be a bit updated, but a lot of usefull stuff on using AWS gets explained very well. Some more details could have been provided as on what's happening 'under the hood' to give students a more general understanding of the topics (particularly with respect to setting up the server)

Incredibly valuable course. Valuable knowledge that would have taken me a year to figure out on my own. Very high value for the small price I paid. My only criticism is that the course instructor is MIA and doesn't respond - even to concerns that are months old.

Seems a little dated, but not significantly. Following these steps will likely result in older version of Python getting installed. Need to update or show options for newer version. I think you just need to install pip3 rather than pip. Good coverage of processes without getting into too much detail. Audio level varies from lecture to lecture.

Informative course. I have been developing in Django for about 1.5 years now and have done most of my hosting through non-managed hosting sites. After deciding to switch to AWS, I spent many hours banging my head against the wall trying to configure Beanstalk, etc. but just could not get it up and running. This course so far has helped save me hours of time. DEFINITELY WORTH THE $20

Ich bin selbst Softwareentwickler im Bereich C++ mit mehreren Jahren Berufserfahrung aber keinerlei Erfahrungen im Bereich Webentwicklung. Da ich ein Webprojeckt mit Django starten möchte und gelesen habe, dass es Sinn macht AWS zu nutzen habe ich mir dien Kurs angeschaut. Der Kurs ist gut gemacht und hat mir einen sehr guten Überblick zu dem Thema gegeben. Ein paar meiner Fragen wurden nicht beantwortet. Daher einen haben Stern Abzug.

I can't describe how much of confidence this tutorial gave me while working with AWS. I could've gone around done my own research and learnt the hard way, but for me time was more important and this tutorial taught me enough to get going within a couple of days. I'm greatly thankful! I would highly recommend this to all. Also I would love to see AWS tutorials for CodeCommit and CodeDeploy as I'll be needing them soon enough.