Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I – Part One

This first course in our Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Certification series contains 3.5 hours of in–depth video training.

The knowledge areas covered in this course are:

Salesforce Fundamentals

Data Modeling and Management

Process Automation and Logic (Declarative Only)

This course covers primarily declarative functionality, while parts 2 and 3 cover developing with Apex, Visualforce and Lightning Components.

In this course, we cover:

Salesforce Fundamentals

Data Modeling and Management

Standard and Custom Object Configurations

Custom Fields

Formulas

Relationships

Roll–up Summaries

Object Security

Data Loading Tools

Platform Events

Flows

Save Order of Execution

Workflow Rules

Process Builder

From the Salesforce Platform Developer I exam guide regarding the Salesforce Fundamentals knowledge area, the following objectives are outlined:

Describe the considerations when developing in a multi–tenant environment.

Understand design frameworks, such as MVC architecture and Lightning Component Framework, and how to build applications using both declarative and programmatic tools.

Given a scenario, identify common use cases for declarative versus programmatic customizations.

From the Salesforce Platform Developer I exam guide regarding the Data Modeling and Management knowledge area, the following objectives are outlined:

Given a set of requirements, determine, create, and access the appropriate data model including objects, fields, and relationships.

Describe the capabilities of the various relationship types and custom IDs and the implications of each on record access and development.