Compiled Learning Objectives

At the end of the sprint, you should be able to do the following things. Make sure to check you can do them all, and if not, go back and keep practicing until you can.

What is scalability?

• Define scalability

Why is scalability important?

• List the benefits and challenges of scalability

Types of scalability

• Identify the difference between vertical and horizontal scaling

Implementing Scalability in the Cloud

• Identify a strategy for achieving vertical scaling with AWS RDS
• Explain how to use horizontal autoscaling with AWS EC2

Monitoring Tools

• List the benefits of monitoring
• Define observability

🫱🏽‍🫲🏿 Mentored pair programming

• Talk aloud when thinking about a problem.
• Write code in front of someone else.
• Analyse your strategies for solving problems in code.