AEM Forms Developer Expert study plan

Map the AEM Forms architecture layers (author, publish, OSGi services, document services) into a labeled diagram from memory

Install and configure a local author instance and verify the Forms add-on packages resolve without errors

Create three adaptive forms from scratch using each of the core panel layout types

Configure form-level submission and metadata properties and record every option you changed

Build a multi-panel adaptive form with a navigation flow and conditional panel visibility

Author reusable fragments and reference them from at least two forms

Configure validation rules on field types using both built-in validators and custom expressions

Apply a custom theme to an existing form and document the inheritance chain

Create a form data model backed by a sample REST endpoint and test read operations

Bind form fields to FDM entities and verify prefilling on load

Configure a submit action that writes back through the FDM

Document two FDM limitations you hit and how you worked around them

Configure a second data source type (database or SOAP) and bind at least one field to it

Write client-side rules for show/hide, enable/disable, and calculated values across nested panels

Implement a custom function in the rule editor and call it from two different fields

Debug a failing rule using browser console and the rule editor's error output

Build a custom adaptive form component with a client library and register it in the component catalog

Generate a PDF output from a submitted form using a document services render call

Create a Document of Record template and verify field mapping against the source form

Configure an output service invocation from a submit action and confirm the artifact

Design a workflow model that routes a submitted form to an assignee task

Attach a form to a workflow step and pass data between the step and the payload

Add a service step that calls document services to produce an output artifact

Handle a workflow error path and confirm the failure is logged and recoverable

Configure users, groups, and permissions so a form is visible only to a target group

Apply a form-level access policy and verify anonymous versus authenticated behavior

Restrict a workflow task to a specific assignee group and test the denial case

Document the permission model you built as a matrix of role to resource to action

Tune a form for load performance and record before/after metrics

Package and deploy a form plus its dependencies to a second environment

Diagnose three seeded failures using logs and thread dumps

Run a timed full-length practice pass and tag every missed question by domain