Serverless Savants
From Zero to Hero with Serverless in 6 Months
Your complete roadmap to mastering serverless architecture and transforming your career in half a year
Your 6-Month Serverless Journey
A structured roadmap to take you from complete beginner to serverless expert
Foundations & Setup
Build your serverless fundamentals and set up your development environment.
- Understanding serverless concepts and benefits
- Core services: Functions, Databases, Storage
- Setting up AWS/Cloudflare/GCP accounts
- Local development with SAM/Serverless Framework
- Your first “Hello World” function
Serverless Framework
AWS SAM
Building Applications
Create your first full serverless applications and understand core patterns.
- Building RESTful APIs with API Gateway
- Serverless database integration (DynamoDB, FaunaDB)
- Authentication patterns (Cognito, Auth0)
- File uploads and processing with S3
- Basic event-driven architectures
DynamoDB
S3
Cognito
Advanced Patterns
Dive into complex architectures and integration patterns.
- Step Functions for workflow orchestration
- Event-driven architectures with EventBridge
- Serverless containers (AWS Fargate)
- Integrating third-party services
- Building real-time applications
EventBridge
AppSync
Fargate
Security & DevOps
Master security practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Implementing security best practices
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with SAM/CDK
- Building CI/CD pipelines for serverless
- Testing strategies (unit, integration, e2e)
- Monitoring and logging best practices
GitHub Actions
CloudWatch
X-Ray
Optimization & Scaling
Optimize performance and costs while handling scale.
- Performance tuning and cold start mitigation
- Cost optimization strategies
- Designing for high availability
- Advanced scaling patterns
- Resilience and fault tolerance
Cost Explorer
Auto Scaling
SQS
Production & Beyond
Deploy production systems and explore advanced concepts.
- Deploying to production environments
- Canary deployments and feature flags
- Multi-region and multi-cloud strategies
- Serverless machine learning
- Preparing for certifications
Multi-region
SageMaker
Certification
Michael Stevens
Learning Resources
Essential materials to support your serverless journey
Foundational Guides
Practical Projects
Start Your Serverless Journey Today
Join thousands of developers who have transformed their careers with serverless architecture. With our structured 6-month roadmap, you’ll gain the skills to build scalable, cost-efficient applications faster than ever before.