Fastly Edge & Compute Practitioner badge

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Recipients of the Fastly Edge & Compute Practitioner badge have gained hands-on skills in CDN fundamentals, edge networking, and Fastly platform capabilities. Earners have built and deployed edge applications using Fastly Compute (WebAssembly), configured caching and routing logic with VCL, and implemented real-time observability and debugging through the Fastly CLI with log tailing. Fastly Edge & Compute Practitioners have demonstrated the ability to prototype and apply edge architecture to real-world business scenarios.

Earning Criteria

Recipients of the Fastly Edge & Compute Practitioner badge have accomplished the following learning outcomes:

• CDN & networking fundamentals (latency, caching, HTTP/2/3, POPs, shielding, purging)
• Deep dive into Fastly architecture, VCL lifecycle, and core concepts including cache keys, TTL, clustering, shielding, purging
• Edge application development with Fastly Compute (WebAssembly, stores, logging, publishing)
• Complete hands-on labs covering caching, routing, observability, and edge application development