Ignition Project Development (Gold) Practice Test

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The practice test for the Ignition Gold certification just received a major update!

Project Development Practice Test

It is now a fantastic project development practice tool for anyone learning Ignition who has completed Inductive University, and can work on Ignition projects at the level of the Ignition Design Challenge. The target audience is an Ignition developer with a knowledge level slightly beyond the Core Certification (primarily more SQL and Python) who is aiming for Gold, see Topics Covered.

The development practice test involves designing a project specification using features like: UDTs, Perspective, Vision, etc; while leveraging Python, SQL and advanced dynamic resources in Ignition.

This is also relevant to a lot of us who are already Gold certified because, if you're like me, your Gold cert is expiring in November 2025 or later (check your IA Account to verify your expiration date). Recertifying will involve completing a test, and the development practice test is a reflection of the level of prompts you can expect in the future when working on advanced test prompts.

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The document mentions using a MSSQL database backup that will need to be restored for the actual test. Is it required to use MSSQL or will MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL also work?

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MSSQL only. We are standardizing on using MSSQL in these training tests because they allow us to bundle the JDBC for it in the installer. It is also the database we verify the install/connection steps on the most often, so we would catch any documentation changes needed sooner. (It is not an endorsement or recommendation for what database to use, it is primarily to minimize the time we spend grading resolving database conflicts)