Intermediate
Take Acquia Academy’s D8 intermediate courses:
- D8 201 Building Websites with Drupal 8
- D8 202 Drupal 8 Layout and Theming
- D8 203 Drupal Module Development
Follow D8cards.com Exercises
The following are highly recommended because they map directly to the D8 Certified Developer exam:
- Configuration Management - lesson #1
- Custom module development - lesson #15
- Dependency Injection - lesson #16
- Creating Custom D8 Entities - lesson #11
- Theming 101 - lesson #12
- Features Module in D8 - lesson #14
- Twig Templating - lesson #19
Review D8's Multilingual Capabilities
- Test out the multilingual features in Drupal 8: http://www.drupal8multilingual.org/workshop
- Work through the hands-on practical labs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHDQJ-ENv6M
JS & Jquery Acquia-Led Deep Dive
Check out Resources for Scalability & Performance
- Recording of Scaling Drupal Architecture - Renee Stephens - https://recordings.join.me/iS66NqMFQkmpyEByy1W-_g
- PHP Profiling (author of XHProf): https://derickrethans.nl/talks/profiling-phptourlille11.pdf
- Making Drupal fly: https://dev.acquia.com/blog/making-drupal-8-fly
- The render pipeline: http://wimleers.com/talk-drupal-8-render-pipeline
- Drupal 8 Performance Render Caching: https://dev.acquia.com/blog/drupal-8-performance-render-caching
Recommended: Take the D8 Certified Developer Exam
- Check out the study guide: https://www.gitbook.com/book/acquia-academy/study-guide-acquia-certified-drupal-8-developer/details
- Review the Blueprint: https://www.acquia.com/customer-success/learning-services/acquia-certified-developer-d8-exam-blueprint
- Schedule your exam: https://www.webassessor.com/wa.do?page=publicHome&branding=ACQUIA