Guidewire’s Best Training Courses for Developers (2024)

Whether you’re a new Guidewire developer preparing for a Guidewire implementation or an experienced developer looking to hone your skills, Guidewire Education has a variety of courses to enhance competencies and instill confidence. The following sections provide more details about Guidewire’s top courses for developers and the value they provide.

Click a topic below to jump to that section:

    1. New and Updated Training Courses for Developers
    2. How Do I Get Started?
    3. How Do I Build Platform Skills?
    4. How Do I Deepen Expertise for My Role?

1. New and Updated Training Courses for Developers

Expand your proficiency with the following courses that cover important topics related to New Features (by ski release), Jutro, Fundamentals, and Data and Analytics. New Features courses include knowledge checks that will update your certifications when completed successfully.

Kufri New Features Courses

    • InsuranceSuite Developer: Guidewire Home, data masking, storage, quality gates, implementation tools
    • InsuranceSuite Integration: Enhancements to InsuranceSuite Cloud APIs and Digital SDK
    • PolicyCenter: New search, manual pricing, blankets, modifiers, schedule import for policies
    • ClaimCenter: Transition support for ICD-9 to 10 Codes, Embedded Analytics in ClaimCenter
    • BillingCenter: Implementing BillingCenter overrides and Billing Migration Tool benefits
    • EnterpriseEngage: Self-service capabilities for EnterpriseEngage deployments
    • Jutro Digital Platform: External package repositories and Jutro Digital Platform Content templates
    • Data and Analytics: Develop and publish faster with several new Guidewire Data Studio features
    • InsuranceNow: Core and GO product enhancements, along with improved integration

Additional New or Updated Courses

2. How Do I Get Started?

As a developer, you can start with courses that introduce Guidewire product features, methodology, tools, and how to maximize product value.

You should complete the Introduction course that fits the product you support. Even if you have years of experience, this training is valuable for understanding the impact that code changes can have on baseline product functionality. This will also help you provide better support for business requirements.

Click the link to view the description, duration, and agenda of each of the following courses:

3. How Do I Build Platform Skills?

After getting a good baseline of learning about product features and implementation considerations, you’ll move on to our platform curriculum and earn your first certification — Guidewire Certified Associate!

This learning phase is critical for developers to support the health of Guidewire products. These courses enhance skills with platform-level functionality and best practices to empower you to build cloud-ready, scalable, future-proofed solutions.

The 5-day InsuranceSuite Developer Fundamentals course provides essential information on the key platform capabilities for InsuranceSuite. The course also covers best practices when developing on Guidewire Cloud.

Check out the Developer Fundamentals FAQ for more details.

4. How Do I Deepen Expertise for My Role?

Enhance the value of your Guidewire investment by earning a certification. Individuals with a Guidewire certification can translate practical needs into sustainable outcomes using Guidewire solutions. There are four levels of Guidewire certifications to choose from: Certified Associate, Certified Specialist, Certified Professional, and Certified Ace, each reflecting a different level of expertise.

Thank you for your dedication to learning the best practices and delivering future-proofed solutions as a Guidewire developer!

You can access complete learning paths and courses online 24/7 by logging in to education.guidewire.com. Once you are logged in, select My Learning > My Learning Paths and then choose the appropriate subscription.

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