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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The purpose of Acquia Certified Developer - D8 exam is to validate skills and knowledge of a Drupal Developer in the areas of Fundamental web concepts, Site Building, Front end development (theming), and Back end development (coding). This exam is based on Drupal 8 platform.

$250 (price of actual exam)

Acquia Certification is the premier professional certification program for Drupal and the Acquia Platform.

free

"D8 Activity Cards" are a bunch of exercise cards designed to cover most of the topics that you would need to be familiar with to take up any Drupal 8 project as you transition from D7.

free

Acquia BLT (Build and Launch Tool) provides an automation layer for testing, building, and launching Drupal 8 applications. The documentation on blt provides best practices from development to deployment.

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Drupal 8 module training guide

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Acquia BLT (Build and Launch Tool) provides an automation layer for testing, building, and launching Drupal 8 applications. The documentation on blt provides best practices from development to deployment.

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Acquia's global network of Approved Training Partners provide Public Training options all over the world.

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On Demand Drupal Training

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Over 2,220 Drupal Video tutorials

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Video tutorials about Drupal 8 basic site building.

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knpuniversity Drupal material

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Free - Blog Article

More about Drupal 8 Theming

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Weebpal Theming Guide

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Acquia Certified Developer - Drupal 8 Exam blueprint
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Building modules with Drupal 8
Acquia BLT (Build and Launch Tool)
Acquia Public Training Events
Drupalize.me
Buildamodule.com
Level Up video tutorial series about Drupal 8 site building
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