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Claude Certified Developer – Foundations (CCDV-F) Full Course

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A complete study course for the Claude Certified Developer – Foundations (CCDV-F) exam, covering all 8 domains: agents and workflows, applications and integration, Claude Code, evaluation/testing/debugging, model selection and optimization, prompt and context engineering, security and safety, and tools and MCPs.

8 sections|32 lessons|0/32 completed
11.1 Workflow vs. Agent: The Core Architectural Decision21.2 Manager/Subagent Hierarchies31.3 Constructing Claude Agents: SDK, Custom Loops, and Hooks41.4 Agent Patterns and Abstraction Frameworks
52.1 Understanding Requirements62.2 The Systems Life Cycle for Claude Applications72.3 The Messages API: Request/Response Mechanics82.4 Extended Thinking, Prompt Caching, Batch & Vendor Choice92.5 Software Engineering Foundations & Error Handling102.6 Matching Instructions to the Interface in Use112.7 Content Boundaries, Schema Design, Session Hygiene & Plugins122.8 Configuration Management: Versioning Every Layer
133.1–3.2 Core Components and the CLAUDE.md Hierarchy143.3–3.4 settings.json and Claude Code's Operating Modes
154.1–4.2 Identifying Error Types and Isolating Failures164.3–4.4 Trace Analysis, Recovery Strategies, and Evals
175.1 Tokens, Context Windows, and Autoregressive Generation185.2 Sampling, Non-Determinism, Thinking Modes, and Prompting Fundamentals195.3 SDKs, REST, and Streaming Transport205.4 Model Tiers and Tradeoffs215.5 Token Cost Modeling and Usage Tracking225.6 Prompt Caching and the Message Batches API
236.1 Clear, Direct Instructions and System/User Placement246.2 Few-Shot Examples, Delimiters, and Iterative Refinement256.3 Context Window Management: Budget, Rot, and Curation Techniques266.4 Handling Claude's Output Defensively
277.1 AI Application Security: Injection, Jailbreaks, and Data Privacy287.2 Guardrails, Secure-by-Design, and Claude Hooks297.3 Identity, Secrets, and Key Management
308.1 Tool Use and the Function-Calling Loop318.2 MCP Servers: Primitives and Transports328.3 Choosing the Right Agentic Customization Mechanism

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