Is it Possible to take Spring Professional v5.0 Certification without the Official Training course?

Just a couple of years ago, It wasn't possible to take Spring Professional certification without a mandatory expensive training course from VMWARE, but now you can take Spring Certification without a training course. Yes, you read it correctly, it's now possible to become Spring certified developer without spending USD 3200 on mandatory Spring training, like the Core Spring training. For years, Pivotal, the company behind the Spring framework (now VMware) ensured that a Java developer can only get a Spring Professional certification by first going into a 4-day training run by Pivotal and its partner around the world.

How to Pass Spring Professional 5.0 Certification (VMware EDU-1202) in 2025 [UPDATED]

Hello guys, if one of your new year goals is to pass the Spring Developer Certification this year and wondering where to start then you have come to the right place. In this, article, I'll tell you how to prepare for Spring Professional v 5.0 certification (VMware EDU-1202)  and useful resources to pass the exam on the first attempt. If you have been self-preparing for Spring Professional 5.0 exam, then you might have struggled with which topics to prepare and which topics to leave out. I often receive questions like does Spring Boot is part of Core Spring certification? Will there be any questions from Spring Security and Spring Data? Does Spring Cloud also part of this exam or not? Unfortunately, there is no detailed, semester syllabus for VMware's Core Spring certification (VMware EDU-1202) 

Top 10 OCAJP and OCPJP Exam Simulators and Practice Test for Java Certifications in 2025

There is no doubt that exam simulators play an essential role in preparing for any Java certification like OCAJP, OCPJP, OCEJWCD, OCMJEA exams. In fact, they are one of the most crucial pillars because choosing a good exam simulator with a good book is generally the success mantra of many Java certification aspirants. The exam simulators prepare you well for exams by presenting the level of questions you can expect in real exams. They provide the much-needed practice in the exam like environment to increase your speed and accuracy required to pass a time-bound exam like OCAJP and OCPJP. It also helps you to find out your strong and weak areas well before the exam, so that you can focus more on weak areas.