Build Applications Programmatically on the Salesforce Platform

Course Outline

Associated Certification

Certified Platform Developer

M1 Welcome

M2 Objects and Fields

• Describe the capabilities of objects on the Force.com platform.
• Create a custom object.
• Create custom fields.
• Create relationship fields.

M3 Work Effectively with Custom Objects and Fields

• Create formula fields.
• Create roll-up summary fields.
• Describe the capabilities of record types.

M4 Programming with Apex

• Describe key aspects of Apex that differentiate it from other languages, such as Java and C#.
• Describe why Apex transactions and governor limits must be considered when writing Apex.
• Execute simple Apex.
• Use the sObject data type, the primitive data types, and basic control statements in Apex.

M5 Use SOQL to Query Your Org's Data

• Write a basic query using Salesforce’s query language, SOQL.
• Process the result of a query in Apex.
• Create a query dynamically at run-time.

M6 Use SOQL to Query Parent-Child Relationships

• Describe a relationship query.
• Write a query that traverses a child-to-parent relationship.
• Write a query that traverses a parent-to-child relationship.

M7 DML Essentials

• List the differences between the ways you can invoke DML operations.
• Write Apex to invoke DML operations and handle DML errors.

M8 Trigger Essentials

• Describe what a trigger is used for.
• Describe the syntax of a trigger definition.
• Use trigger context variables.

M9 Classes

• Describe how Apex classes are used.
• Define an Apex class.
• Determine what data an Apex class can access.

M10 The Save Order of Execution and Apex Transactions

• Describe key points in the Order of Execution.
• Describe how triggers fit into and can be impacted by the Order of Execution.
• Describe the lifecycle of an Apex Transaction.
• Describe the memory lifecycle for static variables.

M11 Testing Essentials

• Describe Apex's testing framework.
• Create test data.
• Write and run an Apex test.

M12 Testing Strategies

• Describe practices for writing code that is easy to maintain and extend.
• Write triggers and classes that assume batches of data as input.
• Write code that works efficiently with the database, both in querying and using DML.

M13 Strategies for Designing Efficient Apex Solutions

• Determine your code coverage percentages.
• Create tests using best practices.

M14 Trigger Design Strategies

• List declarative mechanisms you can use to implement complex business logic, for what types of problems they are best used, and their limitations.
• Describe ways in which you can use declarative functionality to improve your programmatic solutions.

M15 Creating Visualforce Pages

• Create a Visualforce page.
• Reference a standard controller.
• Launch a Visualforce page using a custom button.
• Display data from a record in a Visualforce page.

M16 Exploring the View and Controller Layers of Visualforce

• Create a Visualforce page.
• Display related data.
• Invoke standard controller actions.

M17 Working with Custom Controllers and Controller Extensions

• Create controller extensions.
• Create a custom controller.
• Work with properties.
• Use PageReferences.
• Invoke custom methods in Visualforce pages.

M18 Working with List Controllers and SOSL Queries

• Use a standard list controller in a Visualforce page.
• Create a SOSL query.
• Create a custom list controller.

M19 Visualforce Development Considerations

• Determine whether a declarative solution exists for your requirements.
• Describe common governor limit issues and security concerns.
• Describe Visualforce strategies.

M20 Testing Visualforce Controllers

• Describe how a Visualforce controller interacts with the view.
• Write tests for controller constructors.
• Write tests action methods, getters, setters, and properties.