Core Spring Proficiency
A person may be eligible for registration for certification without attending the 4-day Core Spring course, if he or she can demonstrate having significantly contributed to the Spring community or can provide a reference to a Spring development effort in which he or she was actively involved. This person is referred to as a “grandfathered” candidate.
A grandfathered candidate is a person who has not attended the four-day Core Spring class but who has satisfied any one of the following criteria:
- Demonstrable evidence of (1) successful Spring solution completed. Evidence will include customer name and contact information reference.
- Demonstrable evidence of adding value to Spring Products and/or the Community. Candidate should provide supporting information from one or more of the following examples:
- a. Forum post
- b. Software patches
- c. Articles promoting Spring or explaining Spring
- d. User Group involvement
- Possession of a Spring Framework Professional Certification from a previous version of Spring.
Any individual wishing to be considered as a grandfathered candidate should e-mail the certification coordinator via certificationAmericas@springsource.com, certificationEurope@springsource.com, or certificationAsiaPacific@springsource.com. Please begin the e-mail with the subject line: "Grandfather certification request" and state which country you are e-mailing from. The SpringSource Certification Coordinator will contact this individual, via return e-mail, with the final, simple step toward receiving a voucher for registration.