Mulesoft is an open source integration platform that allows users to connect different applications and platforms through a Java-based enterprise service bus. It can exchange data in real-time or batch modes between systems like JMS, Salesforce, HTTP, web services, and JDBC. Mulesoft is platform independent, integrates a wide variety of applications, and allows business logic to remain separate from messaging logic. To get certified in Mulesoft, users can study free online materials on the Mulesoft training site and take an open book, unproctored exam within 90 minutes after 8 weeks of study. Users are encouraged to thoroughly review materials, take notes, complete exercises, and engage with online communities to best prepare

1. First MuleSoft
Experience

2. What is Mulesoft?
Mule Runtime Engine
Java based Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Exchange data and connect different application and platform
Some of the application could be JMS, Salesforce, Http,Webservice, JDBC etc
Works easily for real time or batch mode

3. Key Feature of ESB Includes
Creation of Services and Hosting
Service Abstraction
Message Routing - Example: router, filter etc
Data transformation with different protocols

4. Why Mule?
Mule is platform independent
Integrate wide variety of application with any environment(over the internet or
within virtual machine)
Write once run many time. We can reuse existing code within Mule
Business logic is kept separate from messaging logic
Message can be in any format; ftp, jms, http, soap or xml
Mule helps you to quickly deploy and reduce time to market your application
Mule platform makes it easier to scale up or down your application

5. Mule Architecture

6. How I prepared For First Certification of Mulesoft
First certification is MCD - Integration and API Associate
Study material is available at Mulesoft Training free of cost
You need to register at below site to get started:
https://training.mulesoft.com
You can finish the study material in 8 weeks
You will be given a free voucher for the test after completion of course
This certificate will be an open book and unproctored exam
90 Minutes time for the exam will be more than sufficient

7. How I prepared For First Certification of Mulesoft
I studied the study material thoroughly at least two times
You need to take notes
Make sure you do all the exercise given in the study material
At least twenty percentage of question will be based on the exercise
You will get three attempts with a voucher to attempt for the certificate; do not look
for question dumps
Do not limit yourself to just training material, refer Mulesoft document, blogs and
webinar for more details

8. Other Information
Make sure you join Mulesoft champions program to earn rewards points by taking
code challenges, answering question and doing fun activites
Rewards can be redeemed for Tees, exam vouchers, books and online study
material
Join it here: http://champions.mulesoft.com
The best way to learn Mulesoft is from community and forums:
https://forums.mulesoft.com
Happy learning