Week 7 Summary — May 11–15, 2026

AWS re/Start Cohort 3: Project CloudIgnite

What We Learned

Compliance types: Regulatory (PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, PIPEDA) vs Contractual (SLA, PLA)
AWS Artifact: Portal for accessing AWS security/compliance documentation
AWS Support Plans: Developer (business hours) → Business (24/7, ≤4hr) → Enterprise (24/7, ≤15min, TAM)
AWS resources: Trusted Advisor, Personal Health Dashboard, Professional Services, Partner Network

Python basics: Interpreted, dynamically typed, cross-platform; data types (int, float, bool, str)
Collections: List (ordered, mutable), Set (unordered), Queue (FIFO), Dictionary (key-value)
Control flow: if/elif/else, for/while loops, break/continue
Functions: def, return values, four types (with/without args and return)
Exception handling: try/except, specific exception types, user-friendly messages
Mutable vs Immutable: int, float, str, tuple (immutable); list, dict, set (mutable)
Operators: Arithmetic, comparison, logical, assignment shortcuts
String formatting: f-strings, .format(), .join()
List comprehension: [i for i in range(1, 10)]
Version control: Git (local) vs GitHub (remote); clone, commit, push, pull, branch, merge
AWS Cloud9: Browser-based IDE running on EC2; integrated terminal
AWS Lambda: Serverless compute; pay per execution; event-driven
SCP command: Upload files to EC2: scp -i key.pem file.py ec2-user@ip:/path/
Labs 1–3 / 110–115: Hello World, strings, lists, tuples, dictionaries, exceptions, loops, functions, Caesar Cipher

Compliance standards (PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR), AWS Artifact, Support Plans, Trusted Advisor
AWS Lambda (serverless), Cloud9, CodeCommit, EC2

May 11 — Security Compliance, AWS Support Plans, Python Introduction & Setup
May 12 — Data Types, Functions, Collections, Static/Dynamic Typing, Git & GitHub, Cloud9
May 13 — Python Operators, Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, For Loops, AWS Lambda
May 14 — Exceptions, if/elif/else, While/For Loops, CSV File Reading
May 15 — Functions, Exception Handling, Caesar Cipher, SCP Upload to EC2

What We Learned

Security Compliance & AWS Support (Mon May 11)

Compliance types: Regulatory (PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, PIPEDA) vs Contractual (SLA, PLA)

AWS Artifact: Portal for accessing AWS security/compliance documentation

AWS Support Plans: Developer (business hours) → Business (24/7, ≤4hr) → Enterprise (24/7, ≤15min, TAM)

AWS resources: Trusted Advisor, Personal Health Dashboard, Professional Services, Partner Network

Python Fundamentals (Mon May 11 – Fri May 15)

Python basics: Interpreted, dynamically typed, cross-platform; data types (int, float, bool, str)

Collections: List (ordered, mutable), Set (unordered), Queue (FIFO), Dictionary (key-value)

Control flow: if/elif/else, for/while loops, break/continue

Functions: def, return values, four types (with/without args and return)

Exception handling: try/except, specific exception types, user-friendly messages

Mutable vs Immutable: int, float, str, tuple (immutable); list, dict, set (mutable)

Operators: Arithmetic, comparison, logical, assignment shortcuts

String formatting: f-strings, .format(), .join()

List comprehension: [i for i in range(1, 10)]

Version control: Git (local) vs GitHub (remote); clone, commit, push, pull, branch, merge

AWS Cloud9: Browser-based IDE running on EC2; integrated terminal

AWS Lambda: Serverless compute; pay per execution; event-driven

SCP command: Upload files to EC2: scp -i key.pem file.py ec2-user@ip:/path/

Labs 1–3 / 110–115: Hello World, strings, lists, tuples, dictionaries, exceptions, loops, functions, Caesar Cipher

Key CLF-C02 Connections

Compliance standards (PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR), AWS Artifact, Support Plans, Trusted Advisor

AWS Lambda (serverless), Cloud9, CodeCommit, EC2

Daily Notes

May 11 — Security Compliance, AWS Support Plans, Python Introduction & Setup

May 12 — Data Types, Functions, Collections, Static/Dynamic Typing, Git & GitHub, Cloud9

May 13 — Python Operators, Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, For Loops, AWS Lambda

May 14 — Exceptions, if/elif/else, While/For Loops, CSV File Reading

May 15 — Functions, Exception Handling, Caesar Cipher, SCP Upload to EC2