IBM Application Developer Certification

These Application Developers create, design, debug, information and set up J2EE Web programs & Java programs. The applications may include HTML, Servlets, JavaServer, JSPs, Webpages & EJBs. The applications may also make use of Web Services and JDBC technology. The Application Developer applies sound object-oriented research and style techniques and displays expertise in the use of the Java terminology. This qualification is appropriate for a sophisticated or innovative level application developer focusing on creating programs that run on any of the IBM’s Enterprise PL/I, Rational Developer system, WebSphere system or IBM Workplace technology systems.

Certification Exams

Following is a list of IBM Application Developer Certification exams and the core topics areas of these exams:

Test 000-041:

• Section 1 - Block and Program Structure (12%)
• Section 2 - Language Fundamentals (25%)
• Section 3 - Declarations and Variable Scoping (12%)
• Section 4 - Flow Control and Exception / Condition Handling (15%)
• Section 5 - Pointers, Offsets, Controlled Variables and Areas (12%)
• Section 6 - Compiling and Linking PL/I Programs (12%)
• Section 7 - Data Access (12%)

Test 000-051:

• Section 1 - Rational Developer for System z Concepts (25%)
• Section 2 - Application development and maintenance (30%)
• Section 3 - Integration with IBM Problem Determination Tools (Debug Tools, File Manager, and Fault Analyzer) (15%)
• Section 4 - Application modernization and Web services development (15%)
• Section 5 - Source Configuration Management support (15%)

Test 000-134:

• Section 1 - Advanced Language or Development Environment (30%)
• Section 2 - Data Access (15%)
• Section 3 - Application Design (25%)
• Section 4 - Generation and Runtime (10%)
• Section 5 - Interfacing to non-EGL programs or other platforms (10%)
• Section 6 - Problem Determination (10%)

Test 000-135:

• Section 1 - Installing, migrating and administering (10%)
• Section 2 - Project and connection settings (10%)
• Section 3 - Rendering (20%)
• Section 4 - Macros and Web services (20%)
• Section 5 - Advanced customization (15%)
• Section 6 - Rich client platform (5%)
• Section 7 - Mobile and portal (15%)
• Section 8 - WebFacing (5%)

Test 000-219:

• Section 1 - Planning and Installation (6%)
• Section 2 - Configuration (10%)
• Section 3 - Deployment and Testing (10%)
• Section 4 - Customization (15%)
• Section 5 - Operations Management and System Tuning (7%)
• Section 6 - Working with the Application (46%)
• Section 7 - Security (6%)

Test 000-349:

·         Section 1 - Architecture (11%)

• Section 2 - Describe the Data (24%)
• Section 3 - Create Transformations (28.5%)
• Section 4 - Test and Deploy (8%)
• Section 5 - Problem Determination (9.5%)
• Section 6 - Performance Tuning (9.5%)
• Section 7 - Connect to External Resources (9.5%)

Test LOT-832:

·         Site Development 

·         WCM and Portal 

·         Workflow and Security

·         Content Publishing

·          WCM API/JSP Tag Library 

·         Information Architecture 

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