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Agenda Ø The Who Ø The Why Ø The What Ø The Cost Ø The Where Ø The How Ø The End 2

The Who 3

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The Why 5

The Why Should you get certified? YES Ø Validate your knowledge Ø Impress recruiters Ø Jump faster into Spring projects Could you do without? YES 6

The What 7

The What: Certifications Available Ø https: //pivotal. io/training Ø https: //tanzu. vmware. com/training/certification Ø https: //store. education. pivotal. io 8

The What: Exam Characteristics Ø 90 mins Ø Authorized examination centre or from home Ø 76% passing score (38 correct answers) Ø 50 questions Ø Single answer Ø Multiple answers 9

The What: Question Sample Which of the following affirmations about Spring Boot is not true? (choose one) A. Spring Boot simplifies configuration but complicates deployment. B. Each release of Spring Boot provides a curated list of dependencies it supports. C. Spring Boot is a collection of pre-configured sets of frameworks/technologies designed to reduce boilerplate configuration. 10

The Cost 11

The Cost 12

The Where 13

The Where: Spring Official Resources Ø Official courses (classroom or online) by VMware or authorized partners Ø Reference Documentation https: //docs. spring. io/spring/docs/current/spring-frameworkreference/index. html Ø The Spring Blog https: //spring. io/learn Ø The Spring Repo https: //github. com/spring-projects/spring-framework 14

The Where: SOR Pros & Cons Ø PROS Ø Ø Ø The official course Ø Dense Ø Very savvy certified trainers Very good and up to date CONS Ø Ø Official courses are not cheap There is a lot of public documentation 15

The Where: Spring Unofficial Resources Ø Ø Books Ø Apress has a lot of good Spring Books Ø Manning & O’Reilly too Sites Ø https: //springframework. guru Ø https: //www. baeldung. com Ø https: //stackoverflow. com Ø https: //www. udemy. com 16

The Where: SUR Pros & Cons Ø PROS Ø Ø Ø A lot of code samples Most of them are a lot cheaper than the official course CONS Ø They are not always reliable There is a lot of them Ø You have to do the sorting and organizing yourself Ø 17

The Where: Mixed Resources Ø Ø Ø Conferences Ø Spring I/O Ø Spring One Ø Spring Live Ø QCon London Spring User Groups in your city Mentorship Programs 18

The How 19

The How: The fastest way Ø Ø Participate to an Official Course Ø classroom Ø online Go through the material one more time Do not allow too much time to pass!!! Take the exam !! 20

The How: The cheaper way Print the Study Guide Ø Get a book & study Ø Ø Ø RTFM! Clone the book repo & solve the exercises Highlight topics Test your knowledge Take the exam! 21

The How: The cheapest way Ø Ø Ø Print the Study Guide Read the official documentation Highlight topics Take notes Clone the official Spring Git. Hub Test your knowledge Ø Ø Ø http: //itestjava. com https: //www. certification-questions. com Take the exam! 22

The End 23

The End Ø Keep yourself informed! Ø Follow your favourite Spring bloggers and authors on Twitter /Linked. In Ø Reach out to them Ø Check errata for the books Ø Check if code is maintained Ø Certifications expire, knowledge doesn’t ! 24

Questions? Email me: iuliana@cloudsoft. io 25

Useful Links & References Ø https: //store. education. pivotal. io Ø https: //tanzu. vmware. com/training/certification Ø https: //spring. io Ø https: //docs. spring. io/spring/docs/current/spring-frameworkreference/ Ø https: //docs. spring. io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/ Ø https: //spring. io/projects/spring-data Ø https: //www. apress. com/us/book/9781484251355 Ø http: //iuliana-cosmina. com/spring_io_v_0_6. ppsx 26