The Storefront Skills certification validates a developer's ability to design, maintain, optimize, and secure the Front Office of a PrestaShop store (PS 8 / PS 9) in a production environment, with a focus on performance, maintainability, and long-term scalability.
This level certifies a concrete mastery of client-side rendering, PrestaShop theme architecture, Front Office extension mechanisms, and best practices for application performance and security.
Key information
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Format: 60 to 65 multiple-choice questions (MCQ)
- Available languages: EN / FR / ES / IT / PL
- Passing threshold: 80%
Objective of the certification
The objective of this certification is to validate that the candidate is capable of:
- Understanding and mastering the architecture of the PrestaShop Front Office
- Creating and maintaining robust and scalable themes with Smarty
- Utilize the Front Office extension mechanisms (hooks, widgets, modules)
- Manage assets and the build pipeline (Webpack, SCSS, JavaScript)
- Optimize Front-end performance and Core Web Vitals
- Secure forms and client-side interactions
- Manage internationalization, multilingualism, and accessibility.
She demonstrates advanced operational expertise, focused on customer experience, quality of output, and maintainability of Front Office code.
Positioning within the certification pathway.
This level is regarded as an Advanced level.
A certified candidate is capable of managing high-demand Front-end PrestaShop projects, optimizing the performance of a live store, and ensuring the compatibility and scalability of the presentation code over time.
The Storefront Skills certification complements the Core Skills certification (technical fundamentals) and Administrator Skills certification (operations and infrastructure) to encompass all the competencies of the PrestaShop certification pathway.
Evaluated themes
1. Front Office Architecture
Objective: to ensure that the candidate understands the overall architecture of the PrestaShop rendering and knows how to choose the appropriate extension point.
Skills assessed:
- Overall architecture of the PrestaShop Front Office
- Role of controllers, themes, modules, and the Core in the rendering.
- Data flow from the backend to the templates and assets
- Choice of the right Front-end extension point (hooks, modules, overrides)
Layouts & Templates (Smarty)
Objective: to ensure that the candidate masters the PrestaShop template system to produce maintainable and secure code.
Evaluated skills:
- Front Office layout system and page structure
- File page.tpl and dynamic layout mechanism
- Inheritance of templates and blocks
- Modular and maintainable structure of Smarty templates
- Best practices for limiting business logic in templates
- Data escaping and security of templates
Extension mechanisms
Objective: to verify the mastery of the various mechanisms for extending the Front Office and their impacts on maintainability.
Assessed skills:
- Use of Front Office hooks
- Widget system
- Theme customization through modules
- Existing overrides and their impacts
- Maintainability and risks associated with updates
Asset management & build pipeline
Objective: to ensure that the candidate knows how to structure and compile Front-end assets professionally.
Assessed skills:
- PrestaShop Front-end build pipeline
- Compiled dev vs assets sources
- Role and configuration of Webpack
- Structure of the SCSS and JavaScript project
- Integration of third-party libraries
5. Front Office JavaScript
Objective: to validate the mastery of the JavaScript ecosystem of the PrestaShop Front Office and the associated best practices.
Assessed skills:
- Global object
prestashop - Event system (emit, on)
- Extension of cart behaviors, listing, and checkout
- Modern JavaScript best practices
- Prevention of conflicts in multi-module environments
6. Front-end Performance
Objective: to ensure that the candidate is able to identify and rectify client-side performance issues.
Assessed skills:
- Impact of the DOM and template rendering
- Optimization of templates and partials
- CSS & JS Loading Strategies
- Lazy Loading of Images and Scripts
- Understanding Core Web Vitals and Smarty Cache Mechanisms
7. Front-end Security
Objective: to verify the mastery of good application security practices on the client side.
Assessed skills:
- XSS risks and JavaScript injection
- Management of user inputs
- Best practices for escaping and filtering
- Securing forms and Front Office interactions
8. Internationalization & Accessibility
Objective: to ensure that the candidate knows how to design multilingual and accessible interfaces.
Assessed skills:
- PrestaShop translation system
- Translation domains
- Dynamic content in a multi-language context
- Impact of the RTL support on CSS and layouts
- Best practices for Front-end accessibility
9. Version compatibility
Objective: to ensure that the candidate is capable of anticipating and managing the changes in the Front Office between PrestaShop versions.
Assessed skills:
- Front-end developments between PrestaShop versions
- Anticipation of breaking changes
- Adaptation of existing themes to new versions
Who is this certification aimed at?
The Storefront Skills certification is primarily aimed at:
- Front-end developers with confirmed experience on PrestaShop (PS 8 / PS 9)
- Integrators and developers responsible for the quality of client rendering.
- To the developers of Front Office themes and extensions
- To the agencies wishing to enhance the Front-end expertise of their team
Recommended resources to prepare for the certification
To succeed in the Storefront Skills Certification, we recommend the resources below for your preparation:
1. PrestaShop Developer Documentation
The PrestaShop Dev Documentation is the official reference for understanding how the Front Office, themes and extension mechanisms work.
👉 https://devdocs.prestashop-project.org
You will find there, among other things:
- Front Office Architecture: theme structure, Front controllers, hooks and page rendering.
- Theme Development: creation and customization of PrestaShop themes (Classic, Hummingbird).
- Assets & Build System: Webpack configuration, management of SCSS and JavaScript.
- Front Office Hooks: list of available hooks, usage of widgets and actionHook.
- Internationalization: translation system, domains, and multi-language management.
💡 Tip: prioritize the sections related to PrestaShop versions v8 and v9, which are the ones covered by the exam.
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