I’m going for my Adobe Certified Exam in flex later this month. Most people wait till they pass to make it public knowledge. You’re sat next to someone for months, then one day they suddenly come out with : “yeah, I got my ace now”, or you read a blog post “I passed my ACE”.... well, balls to that! I haven’t passed mine yet… I might fail and look like an utter cock in the process! However, at least this way…

  • More pressure on me to pass,
  • I’m being straight with my friends and colleagues, and not just suddenly being like “oh, yeah I was just walking to work the other day and wow! there was this exam hall right there and they just happened to be doing the ACE exam, which I’ve never mentioned to you ever before, and I just happened to be on the register, and just happened to go in and pass, so yeah, yesterday I wasn’t an ACE, but now I am..”
  • At least I can blog about the learning process with some gusto… I wont elaborate, but what man ever takes his missus out to dinner again, once he’s had desert…

I’ve so far found that Lynda.com is great to do a refresher course of what you know – and it’s also really good for learning some new stuff too (despite using fms and flashcom, I’ve not had much exposure to FDS or LCDS). I’d heartily recommend going through their excellent Flex videos. I also recommend reading “flex 2 training from the source” and cribbing on “UML demystified” or another similar title.

There are a couple more things you can do as well. This one chap has made ATTest which is an excellent tool for doing mock exams in Flex – it comes with 3 mini tests and 3 exams, and comes for the bargain price of : £20 ($39)... I heartily recommend it.

I’ve been particularly working with E4X and LCDS, which are certainly my weakest areas. My test is on the 24th – so we’ll just have to see how it goes. I’m hoping that I pass though, not least of all because everyone knows I’m sitting the test!

I’ll keep this blog up to date with my progress and let you know any cool stuff I find.

WISH ME LUCK :D !!

Failing that, give me some good advice!! Anyone else done it? Got any suggestions.. wow – look : there’s a comments form below, just for you!