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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  • Understand the difference between ControllerBase, FormBase ConfigFormBase.
  • ControllerBase
  • FormBase
  • ConfigFormBase
  • Other Resources
  1. Domain 4.0: Back end development (coding)

4.2 Demonstrate ability to develop Custom Modules using Drupal API for extending Drupal functionalit

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

In core, the PSR-4 'tree' starts under core/lib/.

Understand the difference between ControllerBase, FormBase ConfigFormBase.

ControllerBase

The is a utility base class for thin controllers. This is used to load pages/controllers. Drupal 8 uses the Symfony HTTP kernel system to request and produce a requested object - a response object to send back to the client. Read more on

FormBase

The provides a base class for forms. The handles the creation, submission and validation of a form.

ConfigFormBase

The is the base class for system configuration forms. Configuration forms are used to get and set data entered by a user. Read more on .

Other Resources

https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/coding-standards/object-oriented-code
ControllerBase
Drupal.org's Underlying functionality of the routing system in Drupal 8
FormBase
Drupal form api
ConfigFormBase
Drupal.org's Working with Configuration Forms
Drupal.org Creating Custom Modules
Building Modules with Drupal 8 - By Thomas Howell (Acquia)
Drupalize.me Module Development Guide
API Documentation Samples