Salesforce Platform Developer 1

22 Jul 2022

These are technical notes I compiled while studying using Trailhead, Salesforce's free self-learning portal.

Notes by Exam Topic

Notes: Understand multi-tenant concepts and design frameworks, such as MVC architecture and Lightning Component Framework. 10/4/22
Notes: Given a scenario, identify common use cases and best practices for declarative versus programmatic customizations, including governor limits, formula fields, and roll-up summaries. 10/5/22
Notes: Given a scenario, determine, create, and access the appropriate data model including objects, fields, relationships, and external IDs. 10/11/22
Notes: Given a scenario, identify the options and considerations when importing and exporting data into development environments. 10/11/22
Apex & .NET Basics 9/4/21
Aura Components Core Concepts 10/14/22
Formulas and Validations 2/2/22
Data Modeling 7/22/22
Data Management 7/24/22

Declarative Features
Notes: Identify the capabilities of the declarative process automation features. 10/17/22
Notes: Given a scenario, use declarative functionality and Apex together to automate business logic. 10/19/22
Basic Apex
Notes: Declare variables, constants, methods, and use modifiers and Apex interfaces. 10/20/22
Notes: Given a scenario, use and apply Apex control flow statements. 10/22/22
Notes: Given a scenario, write SOSL, SOQL, and DML statements in Apex. 10/24/22
Advanced Topics
Notes: Given a scenario, follow best practices to write Apex classes and triggers. 11/3/22
Notes: Given a scenario, identify the implications of governor limits on Apex transactions. 11/5/22
Notes: Describe the relationship between Apex transactions, the save order of execution, and the potential for recursion and/or cascading. 11/6/22
Notes: Implement exception handling in Apex, including custom exceptions as needed. 11/8/22
Apex Syntax Review 10/28/22
Approve Records with Approval Processes 10/31/20
Record-Triggered Flows 11/13/22
Search Solution Basics 11/13/22
Apex Basics & Database 9/11/21
Apex Triggers 9/17/21
Asynchronous Apex 11/16/22
Triggers and Order of Execution

Notes: Given a scenario, display content or modify Salesforce data using a Visualforce page and the appropriate controllers or extensions as needed. 12/13/22
Notes: Describe the Lightning Component framework, its benefits, and the types of content that can be contained in a Lightning web component. 12/15/22
Notes: Given a scenario, prevent user interface and data access security vulnerabilities. 12/17/22
Notes: Given a scenario, display and use a custom user interface components, including Lightning Components, Flow, and Visualforce. 12/19/22
Notes: Describe the use cases for Lightning Web Component events. 12/20/22
Notes: Given a scenario, implement Apex to work with various types of page components, including Lightning Components, Flow, Next Best Actions, etc. 12/23/22
Visualforce Basics 11/21/22
Visualforce & Lightning Experience 11/22/22
Lightning Web Components Basics 12/6/22
- Quick Start: Lightning Web Components 4/19/21
Secure Server-Side Development 12/7/22

Testing
Notes: Write and execute tests for triggers, controllers, classes, flows, and processes using various sources of test data. 1/7/23
Debugging and Deployment
Notes: Describe how to approach debugging system issues and monitoring flows, processes, and asynchronous and batch jobs, etc. 1/9/23
Notes: Given a scenario, know how and when to use the Salesforce Developer tools such as Salesforce DX, Salesforce CLI, and Developer Console. 1/12/23
Notes: Describe the environments, requirements, and process for deploying code and associated configurations. 1/12/23
Developer Console Basics 1/3/23
Command-Line Interface 1/5/23
Apex Testing 10/26/22
Find and Fix Bugs with Apex Replay Debugger 1/5/23
Org Development Model 3/28/21
Debug Logs