Salesforce Trailhead 2023 - Developer Beginner

Unlock Your Salesforce Development Potential: A Beginner's Guide

Prerequisite: To succeed in this course, you should have already completed the following foundational Salesforce courses:

• [Salesforce Trailhead 2021 - Admin Beginner](link to course)
• [Salesforce Trailhead 2021 - Admin Intermediate](link to course)

This Developer Beginner trail serves as the essential starting point for your journey into Salesforce development. If you've mastered the fundamentals of Salesforce administration, you're ready to dive into building powerful Salesforce Apps!

Become a Salesforce App Developer: From Zero to App Exchange

This comprehensive course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to develop your own Salesforce applications, ultimately ready for distribution on the Salesforce App Exchange. Our goal is to empower you to create valuable, potentially revenue-generating apps that transform businesses.

We'll guide you through a series of practical trails, building your expertise step-by-step. This is the first crucial trail on your path to becoming a proficient Salesforce developer.

Course Modules: Platform Development Basics

• Get Started with Platform Development: An overview of the Salesforce platform and the technologies that power development.
• Develop Without Code: Leverage point-and-click tools for rapid application development.
• Code with Salesforce Languages: Learn to utilize Apex, SOQL, and SOSL for custom logic and data manipulation.
• Extend the Salesforce Platform: Explore ways to customize and enhance the Salesforce platform to meet specific business needs.

Data Modeling: Structuring Your Salesforce Data

• Understand Custom & Standard Objects: Learn to define and utilize objects and fields to represent your data.
• Create Object Relationships: Establish connections between objects to model complex data relationships.
• Work with Schema Builder: Visually design and manage your Salesforce data model.

Data Management: Importing, Exporting, and Securing Your Data

• Import Data: Learn to efficiently import data into Salesforce.
• Export Data: Extract data from Salesforce for reporting and analysis.
• Data Security: Implement security tools to control access to sensitive data.
  • Control Access to the Org
  • Control Access to Objects
  • Control Access to Fields
  • Control Access to Records
  • Create a Role Hierarchy
  • Define Sharing Rules

Formulas and Validations: Declarative App Customization

• Use Formula Fields: Create calculated fields without writing code.
• Implement Roll-Up Summary Fields: Perform aggregations on related data.
• Create Validation Rules: Enforce data integrity with validation rules.

Salesforce Flow: Automate Business Processes

• Choose the Right Automation Tool: Understand when to use Process Builder, Flow Builder, and Approvals.
• Automate Simple Business Processes with Process Builder: Automate tasks with a visual workflow builder.
• Guide Users Through Your Business Processes with Flow Builder: Create complex, interactive user experiences.
• Combine the Power of Process Builder and Flow Builder: Leverage both tools for comprehensive automation.
• Customize How Records Get Approved with Approvals: Implement automated approval processes.

Salesforce Mobile App Customization: Mobile-First Development

• Customize Navigation: Tailor the mobile app experience for optimal usability.
• Create Global Quick Actions: Provide quick access to frequently used actions.
• Create Object-Specific Quick Actions: Customize actions based on the object being viewed.
• Customize Compact Layouts: Optimize the mobile layout for key information.

Apex Basics & Database: Custom Logic and Data Manipulation

• Get Started with Apex: Introduction to Apex, Salesforce's proprietary programming language.
• Use sObjects: Work with Salesforce's internal data structures.
• Manipulate Records with DML: Create, read, update, and delete data.
• Write SOQL Queries: Retrieve data from Salesforce.
• Write SOSL Queries: Search for data within Salesforce.

Apex Triggers: Automate Actions Based on Data Changes

• Get Started with Apex Triggers: Learn to execute Apex code in response to data changes.
• Bulk Apex Triggers: Optimize Apex triggers for handling large volumes of data.

Apex Testing: Ensure Code Quality

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