In Depth Guide : Acquia Certified Developer Drupal
  • IN DEPTH GUIDE: ACQUIA CERTIFIED DEVELOPER - DRUPAL 8 EXAM
  • Test Format
  • Domain 1.0: Fundamental Web Development Concepts
    • 1.1 Demonstrate knowledge of HTML and CSS
    • 1.2 Identify Javascript and jQuery programming concepts
    • 1.3 Demonstrate the use of Git for version control
  • Domain 2.0: Site Building
    • 2.1 Demonstrate ability to create and configure Content Types with appropriate fields and field sett
    • 2.2 Demonstrate ability to configure Display Modes for building custom form and view modes for core
    • 2.3 Demonstrate ability to create and use Taxonomy vocabularies and terms for classification and org
    • 2.4 Demonstrate ability to configure Block types, manage Blocks library and configure Block layouts
    • 2.5 Demonstrate ability to build main and alternative navigation systems by using Menus
    • 2.6 Demonstrate ability to create and configure Views for building content list pages, blocks and fe
    • 2.7 Demonstrate ability to use Configuration Management capabilities for exporting site configuratio
    • 2.8 Demonstrate ability to build multilingual websites using core multilingual capabilities
    • 2.9 Demonstrate ability to build RESTful web application using core Web Services capabilities
  • Domain 3.0: Front end development (theming)
    • 3.1 Given a scenario, demonstrate ability to create a custom theme or sub theme.
    • 3.2 Demonstrate knowledge of theming concepts
    • 3.3 Demonstrate ability to use Twig syntax
    • 3.4 Demonstrate ability to build or override Twig templates for defining layout content
    • 3.5 Demonstrate ability to write template pre-process functions for overriding custom output
  • Domain 4.0: Back end development (coding)
    • 4.1 Demonstrate ability to write code using core and Object Oriented PHP
    • 4.2 Demonstrate ability to develop Custom Modules using Drupal API for extending Drupal functionalit
    • 4.3 Demonstrate ability to store and retrieve data using code
    • 4.4 Demonstrate ability to work with other essential APIs
    • 4.5 Demonstrate ability to write code using Drupal Coding Standards
    • 4.6 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from site configurati
    • 4.7 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve security issues arising from site configuration or cu
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  • Review the differences between an abstract class and a base class. Review PHP constants.

  • Review how to call the correct base Class. Review Drupal core's file pathing to kernel tests.

  • Review the difference between how Drupal 8 forms retrieve data as opposed to Drupal 7.

  • Review Drupal Api docs in particular forms, caching, services and plugins.

  • Review Drupal Coding Standards such as line spacing between @doc blocks. Review PHP constants.

  • Review admin logs and status reports. Review how to write to the logging api.

  • Review SQL injection and more specificly examples of SQL injection syntax.

Demonstrate ability to write code using core and Object Oriented PHP
Demonstrate ability to develop Custom Modules using Drupal API for extending Drupal functionality
Demonstrate ability to store and retrieve data using code
Demonstrate ability to work with other essential APIs
Demonstrate ability to write code using Drupal Coding Standards
Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from site configuration or custom code
Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve security issues arising from site configuration or custom code