Troubleshooting and Optimizing AWS Applications for Developers

When cloud applications experience downtime or slow response times, developers must act quickly to find the root cause and restore performance. This text-based course guides you through the essential methodologies for monitoring, diagnosing, and optimizing applications hosted on AWS. You will transition from guessing why an application is slow to systematically locating bottlenecks and resolving them with confidence. What you will learn: Understand the foundational principles of cloud monitoring and observability; Configure and analyze CloudWatch metrics, logs, and alarms; Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks on EC2 instances; Optimize API Gateway configurations for lower latency and better throughput; Implement structured logging patterns to simplify debugging; Apply modern observability practices to trace requests across distributed services. You will start by mastering key terminology and the core concepts of cloud monitoring before moving into structured, step-by-step troubleshooting workflows for common compute and gateway issues. This course is designed specifically for software developers and cloud beginners who want to build reliable, high-performing AWS environments with no prior DevOps experience required. Start reading today to master the art of cloud troubleshooting and keep your applications running smoothly.