AEM Sites Training for AEM Forms

Enterprise AEM Sites Training Overview

This section introduces students to the fundamentals of building scalable, enterprise-ready AEM Sites applications through AEM Sites training designed for real-world development environments within online AEM Forms training. Students learn how Sites applications are structured in the repository, how Sling resolves components at runtime, and how to construct editable templates, client libraries, and Core Component–based proxy components. Together, these skills provide a solid foundation for page authoring, component development, and front-end customization using modern AEM patterns. The section concludes with an introduction to Interactive Communications, where students create personalized, data-driven web and print experiences that integrate seamlessly with AEM Forms and enterprise back-end systems.

Application Structure

This course provides students with a practical introduction to how AEM Sites applications are constructed inside the repository. You’ll build an application in /apps, create content structures in /content, and learn exactly how Sling Resource Resolution selects the correct rendering component at runtime. Students create multiple page rendering components and map them using sling:resourceType, seeing firsthand how AEM separates content from presentation. By the end, students understand the core building blocks of an AEM Sites application and how this foundation integrates smoothly with AEM Forms and larger enterprise architectures.

Templates

Templates define the structure, policies, and allowed components for every AEM Sites page. In this course, students create Editable Templates inside a context-aware Configuration Browser folder and learn how pages inherit their structure through a live relationship with the template. You’ll configure policies to control allowed components, styling, and client libraries; define structure using the Template Editor; and explore how template changes flow automatically to authored pages. Students complete the course with a solid understanding of how editable templates enforce brand consistency and scalable design across Sites implementations.

Client Libraries

This course teaches students how to manage front-end assets in AEM using client libraries (clientlibs). You’ll create JavaScript and CSS client libraries, assign categories, define dependencies, and integrate them into page components and templates. Students learn how clientlibs are delivered efficiently across pages, how they improve performance and maintainability, and how they support clean modular design in enterprise Sites projects. By the end, students have the skills to implement scalable styling, scripting, and front-end behavior across an AEM Sites application.

Core and Proxy Components

Adobe’s Core Components provide modern, configurable, upgrade-safe building blocks for AEM Sites. This course shows students how to adopt Core Components correctly by creating Proxy Components that extend them using sling:resourceSuperType. Students build content, form, structure, and complex interactive proxy components—including carousels, images, tabs, and teaser components—and integrate them into templates and policies. You’ll also attach Core Component client libraries to your application and learn best practices for extensibility and future-proofing. By the end, students understand how proxy components deliver maximum flexibility while staying aligned with Adobe’s recommended Sites architecture.

Page Authoring

This course introduces students to the AEM Sites authoring experience. You’ll explore Edit and Preview modes, configure components, work with the Side Panel, place assets onto pages, and understand how authors construct content using the templates and components built earlier in the section. Students build several pages using Core Component-based proxy components, learning how policies, templates, and clientlibs shape the authoring workflow. By mastering the authoring interface, students gain confidence in how AEM Sites pages are assembled, edited, and prepared for publishing.

Interactive Communications

Interactive Communications (IC) enables the creation of personalized, data-driven web and print documents within AEM. In this course, students build a complete IC solution by creating a Form Data Model, assembling reusable Document Fragments, constructing a Web Channel Template, and generating a Web Channel document that binds data dynamically. You’ll learn how IC supports statements, correspondence, benefit notices, welcome kits, and other high-value communications—all from a unified authoring environment. This course positions students to integrate IC with AEM Forms, workflows, and enterprise back-end systems.

These courses are part of our complete AEM Forms eLearning platform, designed for developers, administrators, and architects who need to build modern enterprise form solutions through online AEM Forms training. Visit aemforms.training to access our full library of online AEM Forms training and start building real-world expertise with hands-on AEM Forms courses today.