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
Passed my PD1 exam on my third attempt last Friday! I cannot thank Focus on Force enough. The practice exams with their immediate feedback were my main- practically my only- study tool. I’ll be back later for the PD2 course! Thanks again and God bless! 🙂
Hello Avery, Congratulations on passing your PD1 exam! 🎉👏 Your perseverance paid off, and the Focus on Force team is thrilled to have been part of your success journey. Best of luck on your PD2 course, and may your future endeavors be just as successful! 🌟😊
Passed my PD1 exam lat week on my first try. As with all my previous certifications, FoF was an indispensable part on this learning process.
Hi Dafne, Congratulations on acing your PD1 exam on the first attempt! 🌟 Your dedication truly paid off. Here’s to many more successes on your certification journey! 🎉
Hi FOF team, I just wanted to say a huge thank you for your study materials – I just passed my PD1 exam on the first try.
My only suggestion will be to add many more and much more varied code exercises (especially around LWC) both within the study guide and also as part of the exam prep, kind of like its own section alongside the practice exams.
Congratulations on passing your PD1 exam on the first attempt, Francis! We’re thrilled to have been a part of your success journey.
Thank you for your valuable feedback regarding the inclusion of more varied code exercises, especially focused on LWC. We always aim to enhance our materials, and your suggestion aligns well with our vision for comprehensive learning.
Passed my PD1 today, on the second try…. Thank you for all the help!
Hi Michael, Congratulations on passing your PD1! We are so proud of you for persevering and achieving your goal. We know the second time around was not easy, but you did it! We are excited to see what you will accomplish next.