Certification journey for Adobe Commerce Developer Professional

Intended audience:

• Developers
• Lead Developers
• Backend Developer
• Solution Architects
• Technical Leaders

Exam details:

• Level: Professional (0-12 months’ experience)
• Passing Score: 50/77
• Time: 154 mins
• Delivery: Online proctored (requires camera access)
• Available languages: English
• Cost: $125 (global) / $95 (India)
• Exam ID: AD0-E717

Readiness self-assessment

Complete the online readiness questionnaire to see if your current experience matches the recommended minimum candidate qualification.

Exam objectives and scope

Section 1: Working with Admin (5%)

• Describe how the ACL works with roles and resources
• Identify the components to use when creating or modifying the admin grid/form
• Identify the files to use when creating a store/admin config and menu items

Section 2: Architecture (29%)

• Describe Magento file structure
• Describe Magento CLI commands
• Describe cron functionality
• Given a scenario, describe usage of the di.xml
• Given a scenario, create controllers
• Describe module structure
• Describe index functionality
• Describe localization
• Describe plugin, preference, event observers, and interceptors
• Describe custom module routes
• Describe URL rewrites
• Describe the Magento caching system
• Describe stores, websites, and store views (basic understanding)

Section 3: EAV/database (13%)

• Given a scenario, change/add/remove attribute sets and/or attributes
• Describe different types of attributes
• Given a scenario, use a DB schema to alter a database table
• Describe models, resource models, and collections
• Describe basics of Entity Attribute Value (EAV)

Section 4: Layout/UI (15%)

• Apply changes to existing product types and create new ones
• Modify and extend existing Catalog entities
• Demonstrate the ability to manage Indexes and customize price output
• Explain how multi-source inventory impacts stock (program level)

Section 5: Checkout and sales (8%)

• Describe cart components
• Describe a cart promo rule
• Given a scenario, describe basic checkout modifications
• Given a scenario, describe basic usage of quote data
• Given a scenario, configure the payment and shipping methods
• Given a scenario, configure tax rules, currencies, cart, and/or checkout

Section 6: Catalog(8%)

• Identify the basics of category management and products management
• Describe product types
• Describe price rules
• Describe price types

Section 7: Adobe Commerce Cloud architecture (12%)

• Define Adobe Commerce architecture/environment workflow
• Describe cloud project files, permission, and structure
• List services available on Adobe Commerce on Cloud
• Describe how to access different types of logs
• Describe steps for applying patches (Identify which folder to put patches in)
• Describe how to Maintain and upgrade ECE tools
• Identify when to call support *Yaml files and limitations (DIY vs Support tickets)

Section 8: Setup/Configuring Adobe Commerce Cloud (4%)

• Identify how to setup/configure Adobe Commerce Cloud
• Define Basic Cloud troubleshooting (Hierarchy of web UI and variables, configurations precedence)
• Recognize basic knowledge of cloud user management and onboarding UI
• Describe environment Management using UI
• Describe branching using UI
• Identify Adobe commerce Cloud Plan capabilities

Section 9: Commerce Cloud CLI tool (Managing part) (6%)

• Describe exclusive features of Adobe Commerce Cloud CLI tool (CLI exclusive features: activate emails, rebase environments, snapshot, db dump, local environment setup)

• Describe branching using the Adobe Commerce Cloud CLI tool

• Identify ways to connect to cloud services? (My SQL, Redis, tunnel:info)

You are not required to complete training before taking the exam, and training alone will not provide you with the knowledge and skills required to pass the exam. A combination of training and successful, on-the-job experience are critical to providing you with the repository needed to pass the exam.

Here are some suggested resources to help you prepare:

Sample questions

The sample questions allow you to see the type and format of items that you will encounter in the actual exam. There is no sign-on needed. The results of the sample questions are not stored, and do not predict your actual test results.

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Section 1: Working with Admin

• Layouts
• User Roles
• Introduction to UI Components
• Configuration files for deployment
• Extensibility and modularity

Section 2: Architecture

• Extensibility and modularity
• Configuration files for deployment
• Command-line tool
• Events and Observers
• Introduction to Admin systems
• Templates
• Translations
• URL rewrites
• Configure caching
• Configure and use Varnish
• Website Stores and Views
• Site, Store, and View Scope
• Create categories
• Store and site Structure

Section 3: Digital marketing and eCommerce fundamentals

• Commerce Tutorials
• Events and Observers
• Layered Navigation
• Product Attributes Overview
• Declarative Schema Overview

Section 4: Layout/UI

• Pages
• Layouts
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Themes
• Introduction to JavaScript
• Coding Standards
• Page Caching

Section 5: Checkout and sales

• Order management and operations
• Shopping cart
• Cart price rules
• Customize Checkout
• Common Commerce Tables
• Adding a new payment integration
• Currency

Section 6: Catalog

• Categories overview
• Create a product
• Promotions
• Dynamic Blocks
• Catalog price rules
• Advanced Pricing

Section 7: Adobe Commerce Cloud Architecture

• Commerce on Cloud Infrastructure
• Cloud architecture for Commerce
• Starter architecture
• Pro architecture
• Scaled Architecture

Section 8: Setup/Configuring Adobe Commerce Cloud

• Configuration files overview
• Properties for application configuration
• Configure environment variables for deployment
• Adobe Commerce on Cloud Product Description

Section 9: Commerce Cloud CLI Tool (Managing Part)

• Cloud CLI

• Manage branches with the CLI

• Configure services

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Exam number: AD0-E717

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