Keeping up with the continuous evolution of HCL Digital Experience (HCL DX) and HCL DX Compose just became even more rewarding.
A new HCL Digital Experience and HCL DX Compose What’s New lesson for CF238 is now available on HCLSoftware U, giving DX professionals an easy way to learn about the latest capabilities and changes introduced in this release.
What’s New in CF238?
The new CF238 lesson breaks down all the latest enhancements and capabilities added across HCL Digital Experience and HCL DX Compose. Key updates featured in this release include:
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Core Editor Option: A rich text editor alternative for HCL Web Content Manager (WCM) authoring and Site Manager in-place editing.
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Practitioner Studio Dashboard Widgets: New My Sites visual cards and Recently Modified Pages tree search tools for faster navigation.
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Digital Asset Management (DAM) Staging & Views: Enhanced heartbeat verification during secret rotation and new default collection view configurations (grid or list).
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Flexible Secrets Configuration: Independent environment variable injection and file mounting options.
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Virtual Portal Realm Support (DX Compose only): Support for multiple OpenLDAP servers with dedicated and federated realms in DX Compose.
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WCM REST API v3 (DX Compose only): Modernized OpenAPI 3.0-compliant JSON APIs for more flexibility and better performance.
Access it directly HCL Digital Experience What’s New in CF238 or from the Help Centers:
But there is more! Quizzes have now been introduced for each What’s New lesson, along with an annual course test for each course. This makes it possible to not only learn what is new, but also check and demonstrate your understanding along the way. See it above for CF238.
One place to keep your DX knowledge current
The HCLSoftware U catalog provides a dedicated What’s New learning path for HCL Digital Experience. Previous years are already available, including:
* HCL Digital Experience What’s New in 2022
* HCL Digital Experience What’s New in 2023
* HCL Digital Experience What’s New in 2024
* HCL Digital Experience What’s New in 2025
* HCL Digital Experience What’s New in 2026
The course catalog currently lists the 2022–2026 What’s New learning journeys, with each containing lessons on all delivered Cumulative Fixes in that year, plus a course test.
Explore the HCL Digital Experience courses and What’s New learning journeys on HCLSoftware U
Learn it. Test it. Complete it.
The new quizzes add an important extra dimension to the What’s New experience.
After working through a lesson, you can test your knowledge with its quiz. And for each year’s course, an annual course test provides an additional way to validate your understanding of the material covered throughout the learning journey.
This creates a simple cycle:
Learn → Test your knowledge → Complete the course → Earn your certificate
It is a great way to turn keeping up with DX releases from something you intend to do into something you can actually track and demonstrate.
Build your DX knowledge year by year
Why stop with the latest release?
If you work with HCL Digital Experience, consider working through the What’s New lessons for every available year. Going back through the previous releases provides useful context for how the platform has evolved and helps you build a broader understanding of the capabilities introduced over time.
And there is an extra incentive.
Certificates of completion are available for the 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 learning journeys. The 2026 certificate will become available at the end of 2026.
Once you have completed the required learning journey, you receive a certificate that you can proudly share as evidence of your continued investment in HCL Digital Experience knowledge.
For example, the HCLSoftware U certificate for the 2025 What’s New learning journey identifies the completed learning journey and the date of completion.
View an example of a completed HCL Digital Experience What’s New certificate (mine for 2025) 
Why wait?
Whether you are an HCL DX administrator, developer, architect, business user, consultant, or simply someone who wants to stay current with the platform, the What’s New learning journeys are a great way to continuously refresh your knowledge.
Start with the latest CF238 What’s New content, then work your way through the previous years. Complete the lessons, take the quizzes, complete the annual course tests, and build your collection of HCL DX completion certificates.
Have fun !