CCDV-F Free Learning Path

01 · Study & Preparation

The Claude Certified Developer – Foundations (CCDV-F) certification is designed to test more than basic prompt writing. In this video, we break down what this credential actually measures and why it focuses on building reliable Claude-powered applications. We’ll walk through the target audience, exam structure, eight knowledge domains, and the engineering concepts candidates need to understand before taking the exam. You’ll learn how CCDV-F covers application integration, model selection, agents

02 · Study & Preparation

Building a Claude application is easy to demonstrate. Building one that is reliable, secure, and maintainable in production requires a completely different engineering mindset. In this video, we explore the Claude Application Systems Life Cycle and how CCDV-F approaches production AI development through structured engineering practices. We’ll break down the four foundational artifacts behind a mature AI system: Outcome statements Requirements baselines Responsibility maps Evidence-based life cyc

03 · Study & Preparation

A production AI application is not built by giving a model more responsibility. It is built by creating clear boundaries between what the model can do and what the application must control. In this video, we explore Claude application architecture patterns from the perspective of the CCDV-F certification and real-world AI engineering practices. We’ll examine the five critical system surfaces: Application control plane Claude API integration Claude SDK usage Claude Code workflows Plugin boundarie

04 · Study & Preparation

Building reliable Claude applications requires more than sending a request and receiving a response. In this video, we break down the core foundations of the Claude Messages API and the integration patterns developers need to understand for the CCDV-F certification. We’ll walk through the most important concepts behind production-ready Claude integrations, including service boundaries, stateless API design, request and response contracts, content blocks, validation layers, SDK versus REST approa

05 · Study & Preparation

A successful API response does not always mean a successful AI application. In this video, we break down the reliability principles behind Claude API streaming and the engineering patterns developers need to understand for the CCDV-F certification. We’ll explore why streaming responses must be treated as event-driven state machines, how Server-Sent Events (SSE) are processed, and why production systems need proper flow control, validation, and retry strategies. You’ll learn how to reason about:

06 · Study & Preparation

Choosing the right Claude API approach is an architecture decision—not just a configuration choice. In this video, we break down the workload modes developers need to understand for the CCDV-F certification and for building scalable AI applications. We’ll explore how modality, response delivery, and execution timing represent separate design dimensions. You’ll learn when to use complete responses versus streaming, how vision changes the request contract, when Message Batches API fits asynchronou