The Important Thing is That I Passed
by Josh on Aug.04, 2008, under News, Random
Lately I’ve been working on preparing myself to take the Adobe Flex 2 Certification exam. I’ve always thought of myself as a Flash, not Flex developer, so this one was a bit of a challenge for me. For as much as I use it, there’s still a lot of things that I still don’t quite get.
So for the last few weeks leading up to my exam appointment, I’ve been cramming like crazy, and writing a lot of Flex code trying to learn and get as much studying in as I can.

Apparently, it paid off. I didn’t get as high of a score on the test as I had wanted to, but the important thing is that I passed. Plus, I now know a lot more about Flex 2 than I think I had ever initially planned on knowing. Of course, doing this reminded me that I never renewed my Flash MX2004 certifications for Flash 8 or CS3, so I think I’m going start working on those now…
Update: Since I’ve been slacking lately on the blogging, I’ve neglected posting some of the study materials I used to get ready for the exam. I still haven’t done that. But a friend of mine who recently passed the exam just wrote an excellent summary of the stuff he used to prep for the exam, and it’s pretty much the same stuff I used. Rather than duplicate his list, I’ll just send you directly to it.
Adobe Flex Certification Study Materials
August 4th, 2008 on 9:11 PM
Congratulations Josh!
Have they updated the Flash certification tests yet? Last I heard they were still “being developed.” But I haven’t checked recently.
August 4th, 2008 on 11:50 PM
Hi Josh!
First of all congratulations. Can you please tell me the resources online/offline(books etc.) where i can get material to prepare for the certification?
Thanks,
Vivek
September 30th, 2008 on 4:12 PM
I’m with Vivek. Also, how long is the certification process and what does it entail? Taken online I assume?
October 6th, 2008 on 9:25 AM
congratulations.
i am learning flex and as3 these days, hope get some help from your work.
November 26th, 2008 on 4:08 AM
Congratulations. Like Vivek I am very interested in your learning metarials as well. I just wonder what do you need this certification for as in a couple of month it’s worthless again, isn’t it? How much does it cost to take the test?
December 8th, 2008 on 4:46 AM
Congratulations Josh!
I think what really counts is that you have passed the exam. I’m still learning for the exam and I hope that I will pass it, too. When will you post your material? I’m really interesetd in it. Maybe it will make it easier for me to learn. I’m going crazy…
December 8th, 2008 on 8:45 AM
I haven’t got around to gathering up a list of the materials I used to study, partly because I tend to procrastinate, and also because someone else already has. A co-worker of mine has also passed the test, and has put together a great list of the resources he used to study for the test. I’m just linking people to his list, since it’s pretty much identical to the stuff that I used.
http://aaronhardy.com/flex/adobe-flex-certification-study-materials/