Platform Developer 1 - Certification Goal
Resources
Lessons
Developer Fundamentals
- Understand multi-tenant concepts and design frameworks, such as MVC architecture and Lightning Component Framework.
- Given a scenario, identify common use cases and best practices for declarative versus programmatic customizations, including governor limits, formula fields, and roll-up summaries.
- Given a scenario, determine, create, and access the appropriate data model including objects, fields, relationships, and external IDs.
- Given a scenario, identify the options and considerations when importing and exporting data into development environments.
- Knowledge Check
Process Automation and Logic: Advanced Topics
- Given a scenario, follow best practices to write Apex classes and triggers.
- Given a scenario, identify the implications of governor limits on Apex transactions
- Describe the relationship between Apex transactions, the save order of execution, and the potential for recursion and/or cascading
- Implement exception handling in Apex, including custom exceptions as needed
- Knowledge Check
User Interface
- Given a scenario, display content or modify Salesforce data using a Visualforce page and the appropriate controllers or extensions as needed
- Describe the Lightning Component framework, its benefits, and the types of content that can be contained in a Lightning web component
- Given a scenario, prevent user interface and data access security vulnerabilities
- Given a scenario, display and use a custom user interface components, including Lightning Components, Flow, and Visualforce.
- Describe the use cases and best practices for Lightning Web Component events.
- Given a scenario, implement Apex to work with various types of page components, including Lightning Components, Flow, Next Best Actions, etc.
- Knowledge Check
Testing, Debugging and Deployment: Debugging and Deployment
- Describe how to approach debugging system issues and monitoring flows, processes, and asynchronous and batch jobs, etc.
- Given a scenario, know how and when to use the Salesforce Developer tools such as Salesforce DX, Salesforce CLI, and Developer Console.
- Describe the environments, requirements, and process for deploying code and associated configurations.
- Knowledge Check
I passed the Platform Developer I certification exam on October 9, 2021. The course materials and the exams helped immensely! The exam questions were very similar to the practice exams. Thank you very much for all your effort!
Hello Burak! We are glad to hear that you are now a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I. We will continue to do what we do best — keeping the materials as relevant and up-to-date to be able to help more users like you. Congratulations and the whole FOF Team is proud of your achievement!
Get the platform developer certification on the first attempt, thanks!
Hi Eduardo! This is a very nice message to start a brand new week. Congratulations on passing your PD1 Certification. We’re glad that we were able to help you in your Salesforce journey. Best of luck on the next certifications that you would be preparing for. Cheers!
Cleared my PD1 exam on the first attempt!!
Thanks to the FOCUSONFORCE team for the well documented study materials!
Hi Ionut! This is a very nice message to start a brand new week. Congratulations on passing your PD1 Certification. We’re glad that we were able to help you in your Salesforce journey. Best of luck on the next certifications that you would be preparing for. Cheers!
I Passed today PD1 Certifications on 1st attempt with average 81% score.
I studied from both study guide and practice exams. It has all the details covered from exam point of view, clear and concise.
Highly recommended! Cheers !!
Anand, hello! We are very pleased to know that you passed the Salesforce Platform Developer 1 certification. The Team is happy to know that the materials that we are keeping relevant and up-to-date were helpful to you and your preparation. Congratulations on a job well done! An average score of 81% is something to celebrate!
I guess im missing something? Are there not any coding exercises, or challenges…something?
Hi Richard, we hope you are well! The Study Guide page for Process Automation and Logic: Basic Apex includes code exercises. Our team plans to add more of these types of exercises in the future.
I Passed my Platform Developer 1 Exam today.Thanks FOF, the study material helped a Lot.
Section-Level Scoring: Fundamentals–100%, Data–87%, Process&Logic–91%, UI–92%, Test–100%.
Awesome news, Changli! Congratulations on clearing the exam! The whole team is happy to know that we are able to help! Cheers!
Congrats!!!!
Passed my PD1 exam on the first attempt today!! Thanks to the FOF team for providing well explained content and practice exams!
Woot woot! Congratulations, Charulatha! We are happy to know that the materials helped! Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
Passed my Platform Developer 1 Exam today.
Bought both the study guide and practice test module.
Got an average score of 85% on my actual test!
will definitely recommend and looking forward to the App Builder course!
We’re mighty glad to hear that Denzyl! 85% is something to really celebrate. CONGRATULATIONS! We wish you all the best as you tackle App Builder. Cheers!
I pass in the second attempt, in the first time i was buyed only the exam part, in the second i take the full course and I reccomend it!! thanks for the teaching and help.
Leonardo, good thing that you didn’t give up after the first roadbump. Congratulations on passing the PD1 Certification! Patience and determination paid off! Cheers!
Cleared my PD1 yesterday. Thanks FOF, the study material helped a Lot.
Congratulations Sriharsha for passing your PD1 Certification. Glad to hear that the materials from us were able to help. Cheers to you and job well done!