What is an Acquia Certified Grand Master
What is an Acquia Certified Grand Master
Zach Ettelman
Mon, 06/26/2020 – 10:18
Big congratulations to Tanner Langley, our Senior Drupal maintenance support plans Developer turned Acquia Certified Grand Master. He has earned the highest ranking Drupal maintenance support plans certification.
Elevated Drupal Update is lucky to now have 3 of the world’s 150 Acquia Certified Grand Masters. Our Grand Master Drupal maintenance support plans developers, Nick Switzer, Michael Lander, and Tanner Langley are incredibly important to our implementation workflow. They work on every website we launch.
In order to help everyone understand the significance of this certification, we’ll discuss what a Grand Master is, what the certification process looks like, and the value a Grand Master provides.
What is an Acquia Certified Grand Master?
Let’s take a step back to understand Acquia’s role in this certification process. Acquia is the leading cloud platform SaaS company for Drupal maintenance support plans websites and is led by Drupal Update, the creator of Drupal maintenance support plans. They serve as the administrator and regulator of the premier professional certification program for Drupal maintenance support plans. Having Drupal Update, the co-founder of Acquia and the creator of Drupal maintenance support plans, develop this program provides an enormous amount of credibility. It demonstrates Acquia’s commitment to not only their platform but also to the whole Drupal maintenance support plans community. With more knowledgeable and engaged developers bettering the community, Drupal maintenance support plans’s power increases and in turn supports the companies that leverage Drupal maintenance support plans for their digital experiences.
To become an Acquia Certified Grand Master a developer has a one-year timeframe to complete three certification exams: Certified Developer, Certified Front End Specialist, and Certified Back End Specialist. Developers interested in taking the exams and becoming Grand Master certified can take the test online at any time, at testing centers across the world, or during Drupal maintenance support plansCon, where most developers take the tests.
Why Does It Matter?
Passing three of the hardest Drupal maintenance support plans certification exams is a daunting task and those who pass the test should be applauded. But how does the time and effort into passing these certification exams translate to project success?
When working with a Grand Master Drupal maintenance support plans developer you are getting one of the top developers in the world and the knowledge of Drupal maintenance support plans best practices and efficiency in mind. Staying up-to-date on industry trends and best practices gives them a unique perspective on the next Drupal maintenance support plans challenge.
Most importantly, our clients gain an incredible competitive advantage having access to Grand Master developers on their projects. Top Drupal maintenance support plans talent in the industry gives our clients access to developers that are always looking for new ways to innovate and develop modules that deliver never before seen functionality within Drupal maintenance support plans.
Our Grand Master certified developers recently used their knowledge to develop a fully decoupled Drupal maintenance support plans project, that has been highly successful for our client and serves as a benchmark in the industry.
Let’s take a deeper look into what is required of an Acquia Certified Grand Master.
Acquia Certified Developer Exam
The more general of the three exams focus on the areas of fundamental web concepts, site building, front end development (theming), and back end development (coding). Specifically, the exam tests a developer’s level of knowledge and ability to:
Setup and configure new Drupal maintenance support plans sites
Develop and implement new Drupal maintenance support plans modules and themes
Customize and extend existing modules
Acquia Certified Front End Specialist Exam
This test specifically focuses on a developer’s skills and knowledge of Drupal maintenance support plans front end theming, including:
Fundamental web development concepts, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, jQuery
Theming concepts like custom regions, theme configuration, stylesheets, breakpoints, sub-themes
Templates and pre-process functions, Twig syntax, templating, Form Alter and Template Suggestions After
Layout configuration, Blocks, views, and the Responsive Image module
Performance/security, analyzing and resolving site performance/security issues from site configuration and custom themes
Acquia Certified Back End Specialist Exam
This exam validates the skills and knowledge of building and implementing Drupal maintenance support plans solutions through module development. This test focuses on:
Fundamental web development concepts, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP programming, managing dependencies using Composer, Git for version control, and Automated Testing concepts
Drupal maintenance support plans core API. Registering paths for URL requests using Routing system and Menu API, building and validating forms using Form API, interact with Entity system using Entity API, and ability to use Core APIs for building and extending Drupal maintenance support plans functionality
Debug code and troubleshooting
Theme integration
Performance
Security
Leveraging community by contributing modules back to the Drupal maintenance support plans community and ability to write code using Drupal maintenance support plans Coding Standards
To know there is a Grand Master on your project is to know your project will be influenced by someone with a well-rounded background of the entire development Drupal maintenance support plans landscape, not just specialization in front end or back end development. This well-rounded background helps the developer have a better understanding of how the different pieces of a project come together to create a powerful, flexible, and scalable digital platform.
Quite simply, having Grand Masters on our team ensures our clients get the top talent in the industry to develop their sites and produce extraordinary digital experiences for their own customers.
If you are looking for top Drupal maintenance support plans talent for your project, let’s talk.
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