• Create a project and environment
• Set up an SDK
• Differentiate between client-side and server side SDKs
• Identify prerequisites for selecting and implementing the appropriate LaunchDarkly SDK
• Describe how SDKs fetch and evaluate feature flag rules
• Explain how analytics events are generated and flushed by SDKs during flag evaluations
• Create a flag
• Understand and create contexts, context targets, and context lists
• Configure percentage rollout
• Understand flag hierarchy and create prerequisite flags
• Create, customize, and manage segments
• Create workflow(s) using schedules and approvals
• Understand Live Events and Audit log
• Understand LaunchDarkly's Developer tools
• Understand the purpose and benefits of Guarded Releases
• Understand the purpose and benefits of AI Configs
• Understand the purpose and benefits of Experimentation

LaunchDarkly for Beginners

LaunchDarkly for Developers

approximately 2.25 hours

Professional Experience:

• Has 1 year of hands-on software development experience in a production environment.
• Has integrated LaunchDarkly SDKs into front-end or back-end applications.
• Participates in feature delivery processes (e.g., feature toggling, code deployment, rollout planning).

LaunchDarkly-Specific Skills:

• Implements flags using LaunchDarkly SDKs (client-side or server-side), including flag evaluation and variation handling.
• Writes code that responds to flag state changes safely and follows best practices (e.g., separating flagged logic to reduce merge conflicts).
• Understands the lifecycle of a feature flag: creation, targeting, rollout, and cleanup.
• Uses contexts effectively for targeting (e.g., individual users, organizations, devices), and understands multi-context concepts.

Environment and Architecture:

• Can configure environments within a project and explain how flag state varies by environment.
• Understands how SDK keys relate to environments and their role in fetching flag data.

Access and Permissions:

• Can troubleshoot access or flag visibility issues by referencing built-in or custom roles.
• Has a basic understanding of security best practices in LaunchDarkly (e.g., avoiding over-permissioning, hiding SDK keys).

Cognitive Skills & Scenario Readiness:

• Can reason through real-world flag behavior scenarios (e.g., rollout bugs, inconsistent targeting).
• Applies concepts from documentation and training to solve flag configuration or code integration issues.
• Demonstrates proficiency with diagnostic and debugging tools relevant to SDK and flag evaluation issues.

Training Exposure:

• Has completed LaunchDarkly for Beginners and LaunchDarkly for Developers Learning Paths
• Regularly references LaunchDarkly docs and is familiar with locating guidance for implementation issues

• Exams are "open book," meaning participants can use documentation and training resources to find the correct answers.
• Exams are taken entirely online through the LaunchDarkly Academy site.
• It is recommended to complete the exam within one session to reduce the chance of a session timeout.