Claude Certified Developer Foundations: Exam Preparation and Developer Concepts

I introduce the Claude Certified Developer Foundations certification and explain its exam format, subject areas, and preparation approach. The course then surveys how developers build with Claude, using practical examples across agent design, APIs, tools, and developer workflows.

■ Certification and exam preparation
- Exam structure, blueprint domains, scoring, and practice materials
- Guidance on hands-on labs and selecting topics to prioritize
■ Agents and application development
- Agent and workflow architectures, sub-agents, and the Agent SDK
- Managed agents, hooks, tools, and the agentic loop
■ APIs and developer workflows
- Messages, system prompts, responses, streaming, caching, and batch processing
- Claude Code, image inputs, security concepts, plugins, MCP servers, and session hygiene

Designed for software engineers preparing for the certification or building agent-based applications with Claude. Use the overview to identify relevant exam topics, then continue with the hands-on labs and practice questions; the course focuses on selected concepts rather than detailing every item in the exam blueprint.