diff --git a/examples/http-certification/assets/.gitignore b/examples/http-certification/assets/.gitignore
index a3cd6bba..079df916 100644
--- a/examples/http-certification/assets/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/http-certification/assets/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
-node_modules
-dist
-.dfx
+# Various IDEs and Editors
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+**/*~
+
+# Mac OSX temporary files
+.DS_Store
+**/.DS_Store
+
+# dfx temporary files
+.dfx/
+
+# generated files
+src/declarations/
+
+# rust
+target/
+
+# frontend code
+node_modules/
+dist/
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/.gitignore b/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/.gitignore
index a3cd6bba..079df916 100644
--- a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
-node_modules
-dist
-.dfx
+# Various IDEs and Editors
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+**/*~
+
+# Mac OSX temporary files
+.DS_Store
+**/.DS_Store
+
+# dfx temporary files
+.dfx/
+
+# generated files
+src/declarations/
+
+# rust
+target/
+
+# frontend code
+node_modules/
+dist/
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/backend.did.d.ts b/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/backend.did.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f931aaf..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/backend.did.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import type { Principal } from '@dfinity/principal';
-import type { ActorMethod } from '@dfinity/agent';
-import type { IDL } from '@dfinity/candid';
-
-export type HeaderField = [string, string];
-export interface HttpRequest {
-  'url' : string,
-  'method' : string,
-  'body' : Uint8Array | number[],
-  'headers' : Array<HeaderField>,
-  'certificate_version' : [] | [number],
-}
-export interface HttpResponse {
-  'body' : Uint8Array | number[],
-  'headers' : Array<HeaderField>,
-  'status_code' : number,
-}
-export interface _SERVICE {
-  'http_request' : ActorMethod<[HttpRequest], HttpResponse>,
-}
-export declare const idlFactory: IDL.InterfaceFactory;
-export declare const init: (args: { IDL: typeof IDL }) => IDL.Type[];
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/backend.did.js b/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/backend.did.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ac3048a1..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/backend.did.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-export const idlFactory = ({ IDL }) => {
-  const HeaderField = IDL.Tuple(IDL.Text, IDL.Text);
-  const HttpRequest = IDL.Record({
-    'url' : IDL.Text,
-    'method' : IDL.Text,
-    'body' : IDL.Vec(IDL.Nat8),
-    'headers' : IDL.Vec(HeaderField),
-    'certificate_version' : IDL.Opt(IDL.Nat16),
-  });
-  const HttpResponse = IDL.Record({
-    'body' : IDL.Vec(IDL.Nat8),
-    'headers' : IDL.Vec(HeaderField),
-    'status_code' : IDL.Nat16,
-  });
-  return IDL.Service({
-    'http_request' : IDL.Func([HttpRequest], [HttpResponse], ['query']),
-  });
-};
-export const init = ({ IDL }) => { return []; };
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/index.d.ts b/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 55daa14e..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import type {
-  ActorSubclass,
-  HttpAgentOptions,
-  ActorConfig,
-  Agent,
-} from "@dfinity/agent";
-import type { Principal } from "@dfinity/principal";
-import type { IDL } from "@dfinity/candid";
-
-import { _SERVICE } from './backend.did';
-
-export declare const idlFactory: IDL.InterfaceFactory;
-export declare const canisterId: string;
-
-export declare interface CreateActorOptions {
-  /**
-   * @see {@link Agent}
-   */
-  agent?: Agent;
-  /**
-   * @see {@link HttpAgentOptions}
-   */
-  agentOptions?: HttpAgentOptions;
-  /**
-   * @see {@link ActorConfig}
-   */
-  actorOptions?: ActorConfig;
-}
-
-/**
- * Intializes an {@link ActorSubclass}, configured with the provided SERVICE interface of a canister.
- * @constructs {@link ActorSubClass}
- * @param {string | Principal} canisterId - ID of the canister the {@link Actor} will talk to
- * @param {CreateActorOptions} options - see {@link CreateActorOptions}
- * @param {CreateActorOptions["agent"]} options.agent - a pre-configured agent you'd like to use. Supercedes agentOptions
- * @param {CreateActorOptions["agentOptions"]} options.agentOptions - options to set up a new agent
- * @see {@link HttpAgentOptions}
- * @param {CreateActorOptions["actorOptions"]} options.actorOptions - options for the Actor
- * @see {@link ActorConfig}
- */
-export declare const createActor: (
-  canisterId: string | Principal,
-  options?: CreateActorOptions
-) => ActorSubclass<_SERVICE>;
-
-/**
- * Intialized Actor using default settings, ready to talk to a canister using its candid interface
- * @constructs {@link ActorSubClass}
- */
-export declare const backend: ActorSubclass<_SERVICE>;
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/index.js b/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8def3796..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/custom-assets/src/declarations/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import { Actor, HttpAgent } from "@dfinity/agent";
-
-// Imports and re-exports candid interface
-import { idlFactory } from "./backend.did.js";
-export { idlFactory } from "./backend.did.js";
-
-/* CANISTER_ID is replaced by webpack based on node environment
- * Note: canister environment variable will be standardized as
- * process.env.CANISTER_ID_<CANISTER_NAME_UPPERCASE>
- * beginning in dfx 0.15.0
- */
-export const canisterId =
-  process.env.CANISTER_ID_BACKEND;
-
-export const createActor = (canisterId, options = {}) => {
-  const agent = options.agent || new HttpAgent({ ...options.agentOptions });
-
-  if (options.agent && options.agentOptions) {
-    console.warn(
-      "Detected both agent and agentOptions passed to createActor. Ignoring agentOptions and proceeding with the provided agent."
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Fetch root key for certificate validation during development
-  if (process.env.DFX_NETWORK !== "ic") {
-    agent.fetchRootKey().catch((err) => {
-      console.warn(
-        "Unable to fetch root key. Check to ensure that your local replica is running"
-      );
-      console.error(err);
-    });
-  }
-
-  // Creates an actor with using the candid interface and the HttpAgent
-  return Actor.createActor(idlFactory, {
-    agent,
-    canisterId,
-    ...options.actorOptions,
-  });
-};
-
-export const backend = canisterId ? createActor(canisterId) : undefined;
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canister_ids.json b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canister_ids.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7da370d3..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canister_ids.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "__Candid_UI": {
-    "local": "bd3sg-teaaa-aaaaa-qaaba-cai"
-  },
-  "backend": {
-    "local": "bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cai"
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/backend.wasm b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/backend.wasm
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ce80c99..00000000
Binary files a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/backend.wasm and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/constructor.did b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/constructor.did
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d8486bd..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/constructor.did
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-type HeaderField = record { text; text };
-
-type HttpRequest = record {
-  method : text;
-  url : text;
-  headers : vec HeaderField;
-  body : blob;
-  certificate_version : opt nat16;
-};
-
-type HttpResponse = record {
-  status_code : nat16;
-  headers : vec HeaderField;
-  body : blob;
-};
-
-service : {
-  http_request : (request : HttpRequest) -> (HttpResponse) query;
-};
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/constructor.old.did b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/constructor.old.did
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d8486bd..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/constructor.old.did
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-type HeaderField = record { text; text };
-
-type HttpRequest = record {
-  method : text;
-  url : text;
-  headers : vec HeaderField;
-  body : blob;
-  certificate_version : opt nat16;
-};
-
-type HttpResponse = record {
-  status_code : nat16;
-  headers : vec HeaderField;
-  body : blob;
-};
-
-service : {
-  http_request : (request : HttpRequest) -> (HttpResponse) query;
-};
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/index.js b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d657825..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import { Actor, HttpAgent } from "@dfinity/agent";
-
-// Imports and re-exports candid interface
-import { idlFactory } from './backend.did.js';
-export { idlFactory } from './backend.did.js';
-// CANISTER_ID is replaced by webpack based on node environment
-export const canisterId = process.env.CANISTER_ID_BACKEND;
-
-/**
- * @deprecated since dfx 0.11.1
- * Do not import from `.dfx`, instead switch to using `dfx generate` to generate your JS interface.
- * @param {string | import("@dfinity/principal").Principal} canisterId Canister ID of Agent
- * @param {{agentOptions?: import("@dfinity/agent").HttpAgentOptions; actorOptions?: import("@dfinity/agent").ActorConfig} | { agent?: import("@dfinity/agent").Agent; actorOptions?: import("@dfinity/agent").ActorConfig }} [options]
- * @return {import("@dfinity/agent").ActorSubclass<import("./backend.did.js")._SERVICE>}
- */
-export const createActor = (canisterId, options = {}) => {
-  console.warn(`Deprecation warning: you are currently importing code from .dfx. Going forward, refactor to use the dfx generate command for JavaScript bindings.
-
-See https://internetcomputer.org/docs/current/developer-docs/updates/release-notes/ for migration instructions`);
-  const agent = options.agent || new HttpAgent({ ...options.agentOptions });
-  
-  // Fetch root key for certificate validation during development
-  if (process.env.DFX_NETWORK !== "ic") {
-    agent.fetchRootKey().catch(err => {
-      console.warn("Unable to fetch root key. Check to ensure that your local replica is running");
-      console.error(err);
-    });
-  }
-
-  // Creates an actor with using the candid interface and the HttpAgent
-  return Actor.createActor(idlFactory, {
-    agent,
-    canisterId,
-    ...(options ? options.actorOptions : {}),
-  });
-};
-  
-/**
- * A ready-to-use agent for the backend canister
- * @type {import("@dfinity/agent").ActorSubclass<import("./backend.did.js")._SERVICE>}
- */
-export const backend = createActor(canisterId);
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/init_args.txt b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/init_args.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index dd626a0f..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/init_args.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/service.did b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/service.did
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d8486bd..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/service.did
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-type HeaderField = record { text; text };
-
-type HttpRequest = record {
-  method : text;
-  url : text;
-  headers : vec HeaderField;
-  body : blob;
-  certificate_version : opt nat16;
-};
-
-type HttpResponse = record {
-  status_code : nat16;
-  headers : vec HeaderField;
-  body : blob;
-};
-
-service : {
-  http_request : (request : HttpRequest) -> (HttpResponse) query;
-};
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/service.did.d.ts b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/service.did.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f931aaf..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/service.did.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import type { Principal } from '@dfinity/principal';
-import type { ActorMethod } from '@dfinity/agent';
-import type { IDL } from '@dfinity/candid';
-
-export type HeaderField = [string, string];
-export interface HttpRequest {
-  'url' : string,
-  'method' : string,
-  'body' : Uint8Array | number[],
-  'headers' : Array<HeaderField>,
-  'certificate_version' : [] | [number],
-}
-export interface HttpResponse {
-  'body' : Uint8Array | number[],
-  'headers' : Array<HeaderField>,
-  'status_code' : number,
-}
-export interface _SERVICE {
-  'http_request' : ActorMethod<[HttpRequest], HttpResponse>,
-}
-export declare const idlFactory: IDL.InterfaceFactory;
-export declare const init: (args: { IDL: typeof IDL }) => IDL.Type[];
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/service.did.js b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/service.did.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ac3048a1..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/canisters/backend/service.did.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-export const idlFactory = ({ IDL }) => {
-  const HeaderField = IDL.Tuple(IDL.Text, IDL.Text);
-  const HttpRequest = IDL.Record({
-    'url' : IDL.Text,
-    'method' : IDL.Text,
-    'body' : IDL.Vec(IDL.Nat8),
-    'headers' : IDL.Vec(HeaderField),
-    'certificate_version' : IDL.Opt(IDL.Nat16),
-  });
-  const HttpResponse = IDL.Record({
-    'body' : IDL.Vec(IDL.Nat8),
-    'headers' : IDL.Vec(HeaderField),
-    'status_code' : IDL.Nat16,
-  });
-  return IDL.Service({
-    'http_request' : IDL.Func([HttpRequest], [HttpResponse], ['query']),
-  });
-};
-export const init = ({ IDL }) => { return []; };
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/lsp/bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cai.did b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/lsp/bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cai.did
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d8486bd..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/lsp/bkyz2-fmaaa-aaaaa-qaaaq-cai.did
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-type HeaderField = record { text; text };
-
-type HttpRequest = record {
-  method : text;
-  url : text;
-  headers : vec HeaderField;
-  body : blob;
-  certificate_version : opt nat16;
-};
-
-type HttpResponse = record {
-  status_code : nat16;
-  headers : vec HeaderField;
-  body : blob;
-};
-
-service : {
-  http_request : (request : HttpRequest) -> (HttpResponse) query;
-};
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/network-id b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/network-id
deleted file mode 100644
index eeda6ae2..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/.dfx/local/network-id
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "created": "2024-09-05 14:28:40.056481716 +00:00:00"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/backend.did.d.ts b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/backend.did.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f931aaf..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/backend.did.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import type { Principal } from '@dfinity/principal';
-import type { ActorMethod } from '@dfinity/agent';
-import type { IDL } from '@dfinity/candid';
-
-export type HeaderField = [string, string];
-export interface HttpRequest {
-  'url' : string,
-  'method' : string,
-  'body' : Uint8Array | number[],
-  'headers' : Array<HeaderField>,
-  'certificate_version' : [] | [number],
-}
-export interface HttpResponse {
-  'body' : Uint8Array | number[],
-  'headers' : Array<HeaderField>,
-  'status_code' : number,
-}
-export interface _SERVICE {
-  'http_request' : ActorMethod<[HttpRequest], HttpResponse>,
-}
-export declare const idlFactory: IDL.InterfaceFactory;
-export declare const init: (args: { IDL: typeof IDL }) => IDL.Type[];
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/backend.did.js b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/backend.did.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ac3048a1..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/backend.did.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-export const idlFactory = ({ IDL }) => {
-  const HeaderField = IDL.Tuple(IDL.Text, IDL.Text);
-  const HttpRequest = IDL.Record({
-    'url' : IDL.Text,
-    'method' : IDL.Text,
-    'body' : IDL.Vec(IDL.Nat8),
-    'headers' : IDL.Vec(HeaderField),
-    'certificate_version' : IDL.Opt(IDL.Nat16),
-  });
-  const HttpResponse = IDL.Record({
-    'body' : IDL.Vec(IDL.Nat8),
-    'headers' : IDL.Vec(HeaderField),
-    'status_code' : IDL.Nat16,
-  });
-  return IDL.Service({
-    'http_request' : IDL.Func([HttpRequest], [HttpResponse], ['query']),
-  });
-};
-export const init = ({ IDL }) => { return []; };
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/index.d.ts b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 55daa14e..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import type {
-  ActorSubclass,
-  HttpAgentOptions,
-  ActorConfig,
-  Agent,
-} from "@dfinity/agent";
-import type { Principal } from "@dfinity/principal";
-import type { IDL } from "@dfinity/candid";
-
-import { _SERVICE } from './backend.did';
-
-export declare const idlFactory: IDL.InterfaceFactory;
-export declare const canisterId: string;
-
-export declare interface CreateActorOptions {
-  /**
-   * @see {@link Agent}
-   */
-  agent?: Agent;
-  /**
-   * @see {@link HttpAgentOptions}
-   */
-  agentOptions?: HttpAgentOptions;
-  /**
-   * @see {@link ActorConfig}
-   */
-  actorOptions?: ActorConfig;
-}
-
-/**
- * Intializes an {@link ActorSubclass}, configured with the provided SERVICE interface of a canister.
- * @constructs {@link ActorSubClass}
- * @param {string | Principal} canisterId - ID of the canister the {@link Actor} will talk to
- * @param {CreateActorOptions} options - see {@link CreateActorOptions}
- * @param {CreateActorOptions["agent"]} options.agent - a pre-configured agent you'd like to use. Supercedes agentOptions
- * @param {CreateActorOptions["agentOptions"]} options.agentOptions - options to set up a new agent
- * @see {@link HttpAgentOptions}
- * @param {CreateActorOptions["actorOptions"]} options.actorOptions - options for the Actor
- * @see {@link ActorConfig}
- */
-export declare const createActor: (
-  canisterId: string | Principal,
-  options?: CreateActorOptions
-) => ActorSubclass<_SERVICE>;
-
-/**
- * Intialized Actor using default settings, ready to talk to a canister using its candid interface
- * @constructs {@link ActorSubClass}
- */
-export declare const backend: ActorSubclass<_SERVICE>;
diff --git a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/index.js b/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8def3796..00000000
--- a/examples/http-certification/skip-certification/src/declarations/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import { Actor, HttpAgent } from "@dfinity/agent";
-
-// Imports and re-exports candid interface
-import { idlFactory } from "./backend.did.js";
-export { idlFactory } from "./backend.did.js";
-
-/* CANISTER_ID is replaced by webpack based on node environment
- * Note: canister environment variable will be standardized as
- * process.env.CANISTER_ID_<CANISTER_NAME_UPPERCASE>
- * beginning in dfx 0.15.0
- */
-export const canisterId =
-  process.env.CANISTER_ID_BACKEND;
-
-export const createActor = (canisterId, options = {}) => {
-  const agent = options.agent || new HttpAgent({ ...options.agentOptions });
-
-  if (options.agent && options.agentOptions) {
-    console.warn(
-      "Detected both agent and agentOptions passed to createActor. Ignoring agentOptions and proceeding with the provided agent."
-    );
-  }
-
-  // Fetch root key for certificate validation during development
-  if (process.env.DFX_NETWORK !== "ic") {
-    agent.fetchRootKey().catch((err) => {
-      console.warn(
-        "Unable to fetch root key. Check to ensure that your local replica is running"
-      );
-      console.error(err);
-    });
-  }
-
-  // Creates an actor with using the candid interface and the HttpAgent
-  return Actor.createActor(idlFactory, {
-    agent,
-    canisterId,
-    ...options.actorOptions,
-  });
-};
-
-export const backend = canisterId ? createActor(canisterId) : undefined;