After months of hands-on experience and structured study, I'm proud to announce that I am now officially an Adobe Certified Professional - Adobe Experience Manager Developer.
Link: https://certification.adobe.com/credential/verify/64fc82a4-223e-11f0-9883-42010a40002a
🎯 What Helped Me Pass - Highly Recommended
If you're preparing for this certification or considering it in 2025, I want to share what helped me succeed - and what didn't.
1. AEM Sites Developer Professional (AD0-E128)–2025 PREP TESTS on Udemy
Let me be blunt: this course was gold.
It's not just a practice quiz. Some of the exact same questions from the official exam were in this course. That's rare, and it made a huge difference. The instructor clearly knows the certification inside out.
If you're serious about passing - don't think twice. This is the one resource I would recommend above all.
🔗 Link: https://www.udemy.com/course/aem-sites-developer-professional-ado-e128/?couponCode=ST6MT60525G1
2. The Official AEM Documentation
🔗 Link: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager.html
AEM's documentation is dense - but don't skip it. The exam expects real-world understanding, and the docs are the best way to fill in knowledge gaps. I recommend studying everything in the documentation for AEM, especially this topics:
- Sling Models & HTL integration
- Core components and their extension
- OSGi configurations and annotations
- Dispatcher configuration best practices
- Experience and Content Fragments
- Authentication setups (IMS vs SAML)
What Didn't Help Me Much ?
Adobe offers official training and practice tests - but let me be honest: not a single question from those appeared on my actual exam.
They're useful to understand general concepts and structure. But if you rely solely on that, you'll be underprepared.
My Strategy
- Took the Udemy tests - several times.
- Reviewed answers I got wrong. Learned why.
- Went deep into the Adobe docs to fill gaps.
- Took the exam - and passed with confidence.
Final Thoughts
If you're aiming for the AD0-E128 certification, know this: it's not about memorizing - it's about understanding how AEM works under the hood. Real-life experience helps, but the right resources make all the difference.
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