Front-End Developer

Specialization
Requirements
To take the Front-End Developer Specialization exam you must have obtained the
Associate Reactive Developer Certification.

Exam
Format: Multiple choice
Number of questions: 25
Passing score: 70% (18/25)
Exam duration: 90 minutes (if needed)

The exam is targeted for OutSystems Front-end and Full Stack Developers. It focuses
on practical knowledge and scenarios that validate your knowledge and professional
experience. Each question has only one correct answer, and incorrect answers do not
affect your score.

The exam is available online, which means you can take the exam at your own
convenience and without traveling. The exams are proctored by a third party, which
ensures the integrity of your physical and virtual environments and monitors the exam
to guarantee the fair and honest completion of the exam.

Exam Topics
The Front-End Developer Specialization focuses on the fundamentals of Front-end
development in OutSystems, such as using CSS and JavaScript in the platform, Style
Sheets and Theme Architecture, UI Patterns and Layouts, including how to use them

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 and how to customize them, and how to properly define and apply styles to the
application. The following table has the topics breakdown and the respective weights.

Categories & Topics # of Questions % of score

Theme Architecture 2 8%

CSS 6 24%

Best Practices 3 12%

Classes and Variables 3 12%

Using JavaScript Code 4 16%

Patterns and Widgets 5 20%

Blocks 2 8%

Themes and Templates 3 12%

Style Sheets 3 12%

Preparation
The best way to learn and prepare for the Front-End Developer Specialization exam is
to attend the 1-day Front-end Developer Boot Camp. There are also other online
resources that will be very useful to prepare you for the exam.

Once you are up for the challenge to prove your skills, when scheduling your exam,
you can also consolidate the learnings by taking the sample exam to practice which is
available on the Certifications Page.

Online resources

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 There are some important documentation assets that are relevant to this exam:

● Theme Architecture:
○ How to Build a Front-end Architecture in OutSystems
○ Isolating an Application Theme
● CSS
○ Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
● Using JavaScript Code
○ Extend your Mobile and Reactive Apps Using JavaScript
○ Defining Asynchronous JavaScript Code
○ Use JavaScript Code from an External Library
● Patterns and Widgets
○ Using Mobile and Reactive Patterns
● Blocks
○ Create and Reuse Screen Blocks
○ Design the Layouts of Screens Using Placeholders
○ Use Events to Propagate Changes From a Block to the Parent
● Themes and Templates
○ Themes
○ Design the Layout of Screens Using Placeholders
○ Application Templates
○ Create a Custom Application Template
● Style Sheets
○ Customize the Look of your App with Theme Editor
○ Change the Look of Widgets with Styles Editor

There is also the Getting Started with OutSystems for Front-end Developers that covers
relevant topics across Front-end development.

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 Registration
Registration for the exam is available in the OutSystems Certification page:
https://www.outsystems.com/learn/certifications/

Find the exam on the page and click on the Pre-register button. Then, fill the Form with
your data and follow the steps to register for the exam.

Exam Fee
You agree to pay the exam fee specified during the registration process. Payment
instructions will be sent to you after the registration process is completed. You will not
receive your exam results until your payment is received.

No shows

If you fail to take your exam before the same gets expired, you will still be charged for
your exam.

Specialization Version
Your certification is associated with a specific version of OutSystems. For example,
you can receive the Front-End Developer Specialization for OutSystems 11.

Certifications will be associated with major release versions. If you want to be certified
on the latest version, you must pass the exam for that version.

Good luck on your exam!

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