AWS 101 Workshop - Date TBD

Welcome to the event where you stop watching and start building.

AWS 101 is our first hands-on workshop, you're setting up your AWS account, getting into the console, and deploying an actual website to a live server before you leave the room. Not a simulation. Not a tutorial you follow at home. Something real, running on AWS infrastructure, with a URL you can send to people.

We'll walk through the core services that show up in almost every real architecture, (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS) breaking down not just what they are but why they exist and when you'd actually reach for one over another. That thinking is what separates someone who watched a YouTube video from someone who can answer an interview question.

Then we put it all together. Teams of 2-3, a base project already set up, and a challenge to extend it with add-ons wire the database, upgrade the design, add a second page, set up a custom domain. First team to complete all four wins.

What to expect: A Kahoot to kick off the hands-on section, a live guided build where everyone follows along, a team challenge with actual stakes, and a room full of people figuring things out together. And yes — merch is dropping. AWS SBG gear will be at this event for the first time. Winners of the challenge get first pick.

Food's covered. Bring your laptop. Set up your AWS Free tier account now.

DATE TBD, expected early October · Helix Room, K Building, Newnham Campus