# CMS Developer Certification

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | learning_path |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **language** | en |
| **learning_path_id** | cms-developer-certification |
| **slug** | cms-developer-certification |
| **title** | CMS Developer Certification |
| **last_updated** | 2026-08-03 |
| **status** | published |
| **certificate_awarded** | true |
| **certificate_name** | CMS Developer Certification |
| **keywords** | ["Contentstack Academy"] |
| **summary_one_line** | A developer-first certification path that moves from architecture to implementation, with early practice, recurring scenarios, and hands-on product fluency. Curriculum Preview Mode Welcome to the new CMS Developer Certif |
| **total_duration_minutes** | 445 |
| **total_courses** | 8 |
| **total_videos** | 0 |
| **linked_assessment_ref** | LMS_LP_blt36895673569c2b19 |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/learning-paths/cms-developer-certification.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-08-03T11:49:55.255Z |
| **intended_audience** | [] |
| **prerequisites** | [] |
| **courses** | [{"slug":"cms-developer-orientation","title":"CMS Developer Orientation","required":true},{"slug":"cms-developer-foundations","title":"CMS Developer Foundations","required":true},{"slug":"content-modeling-with-contentstack","title":"Content Modeling","required":true},{"slug":"apis-and-developer-tooling","title":"APIs and Developer Tooling","required":true},{"slug":"preview-visual-builder-and-releases","title":"Preview, Visual Builder, and Releases","required":true},{"slug":"workflow-branches-and-collaboration","title":"Workflow, Branches, and Collaboration","required":true},{"slug":"extending-and-customizing-contentstack","title":"Extending and Customizing Contentstack","required":true},{"slug":"integrations-and-the-composable-dxp","title":"Integrations and the Composable DXP","required":true}] |

## Learning Path Overview

A developer-first certification path that moves from architecture to implementation, with early practice, recurring scenarios, and hands-on product fluency. Curriculum Preview Mode Welcome to the new CMS Developer Certification curriculum! Start Learning Today: You can explore and complete all updated course content right now while this learning path is in preview mode. Certification Exam Launch: The final certification assessment will officially go live on August 7, 2026 (coinciding with the retirement of the legacy developer path). Get Ahead: Complete your course modules today so you’re fully prepared to take the certification exam as soon as it unlocks!

### Certificate details

Completing this path can award the **CMS Developer Certification** credential subject to LMS verification.

### Prerequisites

Complete course prerequisites listed on each course page in the catalog; hands-on modules expect a training stack and appropriate org permissions.

| Metric | Value |
| --- | ---: |
| Total courses | 8 |
| Video lessons (approx., counted from lessons with media) | 0 |
| Approximate total duration (minutes, sum of course timings) | 445 |

## Course Sequence

1. **CMS Developer Orientation** (`cms-developer-orientation`) — **Required** — Orientation Start the certification with clear expectations, the right resources, and a first successful interaction with Contentstack **Duration:** 24 minutes.

2. **CMS Developer Foundations** (`cms-developer-foundations`) — **Required** — Course 1: Foundations Build the mental model that every later course depends on: what headless ownership means, what Contentstack is responsible for, and how developer choices shape editor experience **Duration:** 33 minutes.

3. **Content Modeling** (`content-modeling-with-contentstack`) — **Required** — Content Modeling Learn how to turn business and frontend requirements into content models that are easy to edit, safe to evolve, and efficient to consume through APIs **Duration:** 81 minutes.

4. **APIs and Developer Tooling** (`apis-and-developer-tooling`) — **Required** — APIs and Developer Tooling Turn Contentstack concepts into implementation muscle memory through API design, SDK usage, rendering patterns, environment strategy, and CLI-driven workflows **Duration:** 96 minutes.

5. **Preview, Visual Builder, and Releases** (`preview-visual-builder-and-releases`) — **Required** — Preview, Visual Builder, and Releases Build the editorial feedback loop that headless architectures do not give you for free: reliable preview, in-context editing, and coordinated future-state publishing **Duration:** 62 minutes.

6. **Workflow, Branches, and Collaboration** (`workflow-branches-and-collaboration`) — **Required** — Workflow, Branches, and Collaboration Learn how to scale a Contentstack implementation operationally through workflow design, automation, branching, and safer collaboration between developers and editors **Duration:** 49 minutes.

7. **Extending and Customizing Contentstack** (`extending-and-customizing-contentstack`) — **Required** — Extending and Customizing Contentstack Decide when built-in features are enough and when your team should extend the platform with apps, custom fields, webhooks, and stronger long-term ownership practices **Duration:** 59 minutes.

8. **Integrations and the Composable DXP** (`integrations-and-the-composable-dxp`) — **Required** — Integrations and the Composable DXP Place Contentstack inside a broader composable architecture and learn how developer decisions affect systems of record, automation, ecosystem tools, and AI-assisted workflows **Duration:** 41 minutes.

## Completion Requirements

All **required** courses in this path must be marked complete in the Academy tracker before any path-level assessment unlocks.

The final certification assessment is delivered through the private LMS only. Reference it by **`LMS_LP_blt36895673569c2b19`** — this Markdown intentionally contains **no questions, answers, rubrics, or passing-score mappings**.

Certificates, when offered for this path, are issued according to Academy rules after course and assessment requirements are satisfied.

## Supplement for indexing

### Content summary

A developer-first certification path that moves from architecture to implementation, with early practice, recurring scenarios, and hands-on product fluency. Curriculum Preview Mode Welcome to the new CMS Developer Certification curriculum! Start Learning Today: You can explore and complete all updated course content right now while this learning path is in preview mode. Certification Exam Launch: The final certification assessment will officially go live on August 7, 2026 (coinciding with the retirement of the legacy developer path). Get Ahead: Complete your course modules today so you’re fully prepared to take the certification exam as soon as it unlocks!

### Retrieval tags

- Contentstack learning path
- cms-developer-certification
- CMS Developer Certification
- cms-developer-orientation
- cms-developer-foundations
- content-modeling-with-contentstack
- apis-and-developer-tooling
- preview-visual-builder-and-releases
- workflow-branches-and-collaboration
- extending-and-customizing-contentstack
- integrations-and-the-composable-dxp
- Academy completion

### Indexing notes

Chunk by ## section (Learning Path Overview, Course Sequence, Completion Requirements).
Ordered course slugs for routing metadata: cms-developer-orientation, cms-developer-foundations, content-modeling-with-contentstack, apis-and-developer-tooling, preview-visual-builder-and-releases, workflow-branches-and-collaboration, extending-and-customizing-contentstack, integrations-and-the-composable-dxp.
Keep mastery exam items only in the LMS; do not surface question text or answer keys from this export.

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### External links

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| Contentstack Academy home | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/` |
| Training instance setup | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/training-instance` |
| Academy playground (GitHub) | `https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-academy-playground` |
| Contentstack documentation | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/` |
| CMS Developer Certification (this path) | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/learning-paths/cms-developer-certification` |
| CMS Developer Orientation | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/cms-developer-orientation` |
| CMS Developer Foundations | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/cms-developer-foundations` |
| Content Modeling | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/content-modeling-with-contentstack` |
| APIs and Developer Tooling | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/apis-and-developer-tooling` |
| Preview, Visual Builder, and Releases | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/preview-visual-builder-and-releases` |
| Workflow, Branches, and Collaboration | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/workflow-branches-and-collaboration` |
| Extending and Customizing Contentstack | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/extending-and-customizing-contentstack` |
| Integrations and the Composable DXP | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/integrations-and-the-composable-dxp` |