Required courses prior to Certified Application Developer (CAD) certification

Mathias Conradt
Tera Contributor

The CAD Blueprint on https://www.servicenow.com/content/dam/servicenow/other-documents/training/blueprint-cad-kingston.pd... states that for the CAD exam, in order to get the voucher, the following courses are required:

• Scripting in ServiceNow Fundamentals
• Application Development Fundamentals

 

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However, further below it says that
"Upon completion of Application Development Fundamentals course, the candidate will be
eligible to obtain or purchase a nontransferable voucher code"

From that wording it seems that the "Application Development Fundamentals" would actually be sufficient.

So, I don't understand - if I do NOT book the "Scripting in SNOW Fundamentals" course but only the "Application Development Fundamentals" - would I then still get the voucher and be eligible? It sounds like it.

On the "Application Development Fundamentals" page (https://learning.servicenow.com/lxp?id=learning_course_prev&course_id=c69e23751b80dd50000d6adb234bcb...), it lists the Scripting course under "Prerequisites" but not as "Required". And I already see a "Pay and Begin" button.

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Does the system check before I buy the App Dev Fundamentals course whether I already got the Scripting course?

It's not clear to me whether "Prerequisites" means "Recommended" or actually "Required", because the blueprint and then the UI options to pay and buy for courses are a bit confusing/contradictory to me.

 

 

It's also not clear to me, or adds to my confusion, why on https://www.servicenow.com/services/training-and-certification/journey/#/lessons/fR9nXKD-GIM_19cuHds... the "Application Development Fundamentals" is written in bold, while "Scripting in ServiceNow Fundamentals" is not (under section "Required Training for the CAD Exam").

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Short: it's a recommendation. 

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Mathias Conradt
Tera Contributor

I passed the cert exam today and can confirm that the Scripting Fundamentals are not required. I purchased the Dev Fundamentals course for $300 and then had to purchase the cert voucher for an additional $300, that was all.

 

(Not sure if in case you'd actually go for and purchase the Scripting Fundamentals, which is also another $300, you'd still be asked to be pay for the voucher or not, but that's a different question).

Yes, you'd still need to pay for the voucher regardless.