Ok, so I know I said I'd never talk about certification again - but - with some distance between now and the "history" I've had with certification, I figure I can give it another shot. Also, I figure folks may want to know. So if you are interested in getting certified for ColdFusion 9, you can now do so. The ADC Blog has the details here: ColdFusion 9 certification exam now available
You can also take a look at the prep guide (PDF) which includes a few sample questions.
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Do you mean you are going to try and get CF9 certified or are you just going to try and talk about it again? :-)
You didn't exactly say your opinion has changed either. I'd better interested to hear if it has.
Is cf8 certifications still available, or is there no point to that? even if we've not yet worked with cf9 yet.
@Craig: I'm withholding judgement for now. I reviewed the test when it was in development. What I'm curious about is what, if any, actions were taken on the reviews. (Multiple people reviewed the test.)
My last comment was for Kevin, sorry Craig.
@Craig: No idea - but I wouldn't spend money on a 8 cert now.
Ray - any thoughts on the CF9 exam now that it's been out for a few months? I haven't heard any buzz about it. TIA.
-Jason
Funny should ask that. I've yet to take the test myself. I asked this morning on a private list if anyone has had a chance to. So far one person wrote back and said they thought the test was an improvement over last rev. There didn't' seem to be any weird/incorrect questions.
Thanks for responding. This would be my first CF certification. How do you plan on studying for it? I was planning on just plowing through the CFML Reference.
Hmmm. The last time I took it I had seen the questions before hand so it really wasn't fair. ;) I'd just read the docs. I know that sounds obvious, but i would. You can't memorize everything of course, but a good review of the CFML Reference would be a start.
Hi Ray,
I scheduled my CF9 Certification Exam in 3 days from now. I will come back and share the impressions.
One question (since it's my first CF exam): for the questions where you have to select more than a correct answer, do they tell in advance that you have to pick more than one answer? Or you have to figure it out by yourself?
I'm pretty darn sure they are always clear on stuff like that.
As promised, coming back with impressions about the CF 9 exam I took today.
First - I passed - with a score of 86%. Which is good, but I feel like I could do better (for example - I missed one simple question because I failed to remember the attributes of <cfmodule> tag - not so frequent in my code).
Second - the questions were moderate as difficulty and straightforward; however, I feel like there were too many questions related to <cfscript>. I am sure I failed at least 2 simple questions because I am not using <cfscript>.
I spent more than 2 months preparing for this exam and I am using CF 9 on a daily basis at work for more than 3 years.
Dorin - thanks for posting this.
Hi All,
Can anyone provide the sample questions?
Where can I get the Coldfusion 9 developers guide in PDF
I've got links to the CF docs here:
http://coldfusionportal.org/
I passed the Coldfusion 9 certification exam with 72% marks. Should have done better, but I did not really get down to preparing for the exam. I had hoped that my experience with working on Coldfusion 9 would help me do pretty well. The exam is not very tough but not easy either. Simply going through the docs wouldn't be of much help, one needs to have some sort of experience of developing apps in CF.