ACE501 Alfresco Certified Engineer Study guide

I have recently cleared the ACE501: Alfresco Certified Engineer on Jan 30, 2016. I’m sharing the details what I studied for this certification. Hope this can help you in preparing for the same.

Download the Blueprint for the ACE501 Exam to find out all the topics which you need to prepare for this certification. 
This certification is based on Alfresco 5.0.x version only.

The following lists the test competencies that are expected of an Alfresco Certified Engineer and the topics 
covered by each competency.

Alfresco API: This section is comprised of 5 questions. Topics covered are:

• CMIS

-       https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/CMIS

-       https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/CMIS_Query_Language

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/pra/1/topics/cmis-welcome.html

• REST API

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/references/RESTful-intro.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/API-intro.html

Architectural Core: This section is comprised of 27 questions. Topics covered are:

• Core Architecture

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-arch-overview.html

• Authentication Subsystem

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/auth-subsystem-types.html

• Database

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/intro-db-setup.html

• Extending Alfresco

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-repo-extension-points.html

• Foundation Services API

-       https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Java_Foundation_API

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/java-public-api-list.html

• FreeMarker Template API

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/references/API-FreeMarker-intro.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/references/API-FreeMarker-defaultmodel.html

• JavaScript API

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/API-JS-intro.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/references/API-JS-rootscoped.html

• Packaging Extensions

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-extensions-modules-intro.html

• Repository

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/intro-core.html

• Security and Authentication

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/secur-public-service.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/secur-methodlevel-define.html

• SOLR

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/solr-home.html

• Other Subsystems

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/subsystem-intro.html

Repository Customization: This section comprises 13 questions, distributed among the following topics:

• Content Modeling

-       http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series-tutorials/content/tutorial/tutorial.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/content-modeling-about.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-extensions-content-models-tutorials-intro.html

• Event Models

-       http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series-tutorials/behaviors/tutorial/tutorial.html

• Rules and Actions

-       http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series-tutorials/actions/tutorial/tutorial.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/actions.html  

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/library-folder-rules.html

• Transformations

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/serv-existing-configuring.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/managing-transformations.html

• Workflows

-       http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series-tutorials/workflow/tutorial/tutorial.html

User Interface Customization: This section comprises 10 questions, distributed among the following topics:

• Aikau

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/aikau-tutorials.html

• Alfresco Share UI Configuration

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/share-configuring-intro.html

• Alfresco Share UI Customization

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-extensions-share.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-extensions-share-tutorials-intro.html

• Alfresco Share UI Framework

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-extensions-share-architecture-extension-points.html

Webscripts: This section comprises 5 questions and covers the Webscript Framework.

-       http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series-tutorials/webscripts/tutorial/tutorial.html

-       http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/ws-webscripts.html

NOTE: Guys, to clear this certification, you must have practical experience in Alfresco along with the preparation from those links.

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All the best!!