AEM 6.5 Engineering Academy
A comprehensive, fully generic knowledge base for React/UI engineers who are new to Adobe Experience Manager 6.5. Every concept is mapped back to the React mental model you already have — Sling Models ↔ custom hooks, HTL ↔ server-side JSX, JCR ↔ a persistent Redux store, Dispatcher ↔ Nginx + CDN — and every example uses the fictional PHI gold-tier hospital cover plan page.
New here? Begin with Start Here, then work through the Core Learning Journey — nine sessions, each with a paired hands-on lab.
Getting Started
Start Here
Orientation for React/UI engineers joining an AEM 6.5 team — mental models, setup, and how to use the academy.
6 pagesCore Learning Journey
Nine sessions and nine paired labs that take you from zero to shipping AEM components — deep-end complexity deferred to electives.
19 pagesDeveloper Reference
AEM Fundamentals
Consoles, run modes, repository layout, users and permissions — the platform basics you look up weekly.
10 pagesBackend Development
Sling Models, servlets, OSGi services, jobs, queries, workflow processes, testing and logging.
11 pagesContent Modelling & Delivery
Pages vs fragments, content fragments, JSON delivery, tagging and DAM — modelling content for every channel.
8 pagesFrontend Development
HTL in depth, clientlibs, Core Components, the Style System, SPA editor and accessibility.
10 pagesInfrastructure & Architecture
Topology, replication, dispatcher anatomy, CDN, maintenance, backup and monitoring endpoints.
9 pagesIntegrations & Platform Patterns
Calling external systems from AEM safely: HTTP clients, resilience, SSO, headless patterns and third-party scripts.
8 pagesProduction Readiness
Checklists and guidelines that stand between "works on my machine" and a defensible release.
8 pagesEnterprise Engineering
EE · Architecture
Reference architecture, environments, CI/CD, multi-site design — plus the clustering and capacity electives.
8 pagesEE · Deployment
Artefacts, runbooks, config management, versioning, hotfixes and rollback — shipping AEM safely and repeatably.
7 pagesEE · Content Management
Governance, freezes, launches, MSM rollouts, DAM governance and housekeeping — content operations at scale.
7 pagesEE · Integrations
The enterprise integration landscape: messaging, API contracts, secrets, external DAM/PIM, and the edge-compute elective.
7 pagesEE · Operations
Monitoring, logs, indexes, maintenance windows, incidents, patching and performance tuning — running AEM day two and beyond.
8 pagesOperate & Protect
Security & Governance
The AEM security model, hardening, OWASP mapping, PII handling, audit and vulnerability governance.
10 pagesTroubleshooting Hub
Symptom-first diagnostic guides: start from what you see, follow the checks, find the cause.
14 pagesCode Reference
Copy-paste snippets for HTL, models, servlets, queries, configs — plus AEM Console Admin Quick Bites.
12 pages