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Adobe Experience Manager Sites Developer Expert Certification Path

This page provides information on how to attain this certification. It includes a description of the exam, study materials, step-by-step instructions on the certification process, and how to renew your certification.

Exam description

Learn who should take this exam, what experience is recommended, and what subjects are covered on the exam.

Exam details


  • Level: Expert (1-3 years’ experience)
  • Passing Score: 26/50
  • Time: 100 mins
  • Delivery: Online proctored (requires camera access)
  • Available languages: English, Japanese
  • Cost: $225 (global) / $150 (India)
  • Exam ID: AD0-E134 (English), AD0-E134-J (Japanese)

Intended audience


  • AEM Developers
  • AEM Senior Developers
  • AEM Lead Developers

 

Minimum experience

 

You should have:

 

  • A minimum of 1-3 years’ experience working with the AEM Platform
  • The ability to perform advanced component development
  • A deep understanding of the Model View Controller (MVC) framework
  • The knowledge of frameworks and libraries in AEM
  • An understanding of the AEM development life cycle

 

Additionally, you should be familiar with the following technologies and environments:

 

  • JVM
  • Lower/pre-production environments
  • Different AEM hosting capabilities
  • Sync content/environments together
  • Maven
  • Git
  • Development and packaging tools
  • Command line tools
 

 

 

 

 

Exam objectives and scope

 

This section provides information on the exam content.

 

Section 1: Configurations (22%)

 

  • Identify the steps to create and manage AEM Dispatcher configurations
  • Determine the correct steps to configure multi-tenancy
  • Explain how to create and manage OSGi configurations
  • Given a scenario, determine the correct method to Create and manage custom Oak indices
  • Determine the correct steps to configure OOTB SAML and LDAP integration

 

Section 2: AEM development (44%)

 

  • Determine the correct steps to implement SPA structure, templates, and components
  • Given a design, create custom components including the HTL, models, and services
  • Determine the correct method to create unit tests and map mock data
  • Given a scenario, determine the correct steps to develop workflows
  • Given a scenario, determine the approach for any third-party integration
  • Determine the approach to implement a headless or hybrid implementation

 

Section 3: Build and deployment (14%)

 

  • Identify the steps to set-up and maintain front-end and back-end dependency management
  • Determine the correct archetype when building projects

 

Section 4: Environment maintenance (22%)

 

  • Given a scenario, determine the steps required to manage AEM environments
  • Explain the setup steps around release management
  • Recommend and implement solutions to sync content/configurations across AEM environments
  • Determine the steps required around planning and implementing AEM upgrades and repository migration activities/tasks

 

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