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Hi everyone! 🙂

I'm thinking about taking the Genesys Cloud Developer Certification and I'd love to hear from anyone who has already completed it.

Do you have any study tips, recommended resources, or advice on what to focus on? 

Thanks a lot! 🤓

Hello Maria Carvalho,

I have started preparing for the certification and created the following study plan:

1. Read the official certification guide.
2. Study the documentation for the main Genesys Cloud services.
3. Perform hands-on practice in a Developer Organization (Developer Org).
4. Review the topics I find most challenging.
5. Complete practice exams, if available.

In addition, I am focusing on the following areas:

• Understanding the Genesys Cloud architecture and how the main services interact, such as Users, Conversations, Routing, Analytics, Architect, OAuth, and Notifications.
• Studying the Platform API in depth, including OAuth authentication, REST APIs, pagination, filtering, rate limits, error handling, and webhooks/notifications.
• Practicing with the API Explorer by making real API calls to create users, query queues, retrieve conversations, and analyze API responses.
• Learning the available SDKs. Although the certification does not require extensive coding, it is important to understand how the SDKs (JavaScript, Java, Python, C#, and others) simplify API interactions.
• Studying OAuth carefully, as it is one of the most important topics. I am learning the differences between the Client Credentials and Authorization Code grant types and when each should be used.
• Understanding real-time events and the difference between retrieving data through the REST API and receiving events through the Notifications API.
• Reviewing Architect to understand how flows integrate with Data Actions, APIs, and external services.

Hi!

Thank you so much for such a thoughtful and detailed reply! 🥹 I really appreciate you taking the time to share your study plan.

This is incredibly helpful, and I'll definitely use it as a roadmap while preparing for the certification. Thanks again for all the tips, and I wish you the best of luck with your studies too! 😊🚀