Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) is an enterprise level web-based content management tool. It provides powerful features and a comprehensive solution for building websites, mobile apps and forms along with creating a seamless digitalized customer experience. Adobe has been continuously named as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Web content Management.
AEM is one of the top trending skills in high demand. Do you want to develop a career in AEM and prepare for AEM Developer interviews? This article is one place for everything you need to start, prepare and get ready to enhance your career.
Let's begin with the available learning ways to prepare:
Adobe Help Docs:
Important Topics/Guides that should be covered from Adobe Help Docs : Developing, core component, HTL, Dispatcher, Cloud Manager, AEM Sites Administration, AEM Foundation Management, AEM Foundation Deployment.
Adobe Solution Partner Portal:
AEM Developer Learning Path and on demand Training
AEM Gems and KT Webinar
Blogs:
YouTube Videos:
Important Interview Topics List:
• AEM Introduction, overview and Features
• AEM Version – What’s new, what’s changed
• AEM Technology Stack
• AEM as a Cloud Service
• AEM Installation and Run Modes
• AEM Migration (Upgrading versions, Challenges, AEM Modernization tool, Pattern Detector)
• AEM Integration (AEM with other Adobe Products and Third-Party Tools)
• Sites: Components Development, Templates, Dialogs and Widgets
• Assets (DAM)
• Sigthly (HTL)
• Apache Sling (Sling Resolution, Sling Resolver, Sling Dynamic Include)
• OSGI – Apache Felix
• JCR – Apache Jackrabbit
• Client Library
• MSM and Internationalization
• Static vs Editable Template
• Content Fragment vs Experience Fragment
• Workflow
• User Administration (ACL, Impersonation, Practices, Rules)
• Package Management
• Tagging
• Dispatcher: Caching, Load Balancing and Security
• Forms
• AEM Security
• ACS Commons
• AEM Logs
• AEM Testing (Hobbes and other Frameworks)
• AEM Debugging
• Events, Listeners and Scheduler
• CURL Commands
Sample Interview Question Collections:
Other Relevant Tools and Technologies:
• Apache Maven (Maven Archetype, dependencies, AEM commands)
• Java Technologies: Core Java, JSP and Servlets
• Front End: HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Adobe: Adobe Campaign, Adobe Analytics, Magento, Adobe Launch, Adobe Sensei, Adobe Marketo, Adobe Target, Adobe Experience Platform (Good to Know)
• IDE: Eclipse, IntelliJ, AEM Brackets
• DevOps: Git Version Control Tools, Jenkins.
Additional Links and References:
Adobe Experience Cloud Products
Apache Sling
Apache Felix
Apache Jackrabbit
Apache Maven
Apache Server
AEM Brackets
Java
Dispatcher
Eclipse
AEM Chrome Plugin
DevOps
I hope this blog will helps in your interview preparations. Feel free to drop your questions in the comments section. Best of luck for your exciting journey ahead!