Salesforce Development

What Salesforce is and the roles around it

Understand what Salesforce actually is (a cloud platform, not just a CRM app), how its products fit together, and which jobs exist around it, so you can pick a learning path with your eyes open.

Get a free Developer Edition org and start Trailhead

Create your own free Salesforce Developer Edition org, find your way around Lightning Experience and Setup, and start learning on Trailhead. Every later lesson in this track assumes you have done this.

Data model: objects, fields and relationships

Learn how Salesforce stores data in objects, fields and relationships, then build the Brew & Bean ordering data model in your own org: custom objects, lookup and master-detail relationships, a formula field and a roll-up summary.

Security model: profiles, permission sets and sharing

Salesforce controls who can log in, which objects and fields they can use, and which individual records they can see. Learn the layers, how profiles, permission sets, roles and sharing rules fit together, and how to choose the right one.

Automation with Flow

Flow is Salesforce's main tool for automating work without code. Learn the flow types and building blocks, then build a record-triggered flow that creates a follow-up task when a Brew & Bean order becomes Ready, and learn to test and debug it.

Reports and dashboards

Turn the records in your org into answers. Build tabular, summary and matrix reports, filter and group them, make a custom report type, and put the results on a dashboard for Brew & Bean.

Lightning App Builder and page layouts

Learn how page layouts, compact layouts, Lightning record pages and apps fit together, then build a custom record page and app with visibility rules, all without code.

SOQL and SOSL

Learn to read Salesforce data with SOQL: filters, dates, relationship queries, aggregates and bind variables in Apex. Then use SOSL to search across objects.

Apex basics

Learn Apex from scratch: types, collections, loops, classes, DML, error handling and bulk-safe habits. You run everything in your own org and finish with a reusable service class.

Apex triggers and governor limits

Write an Opportunity trigger with a handler class, learn the context variables, and understand governor limits. Learn bulkification so your code survives 200 records at a time.

Testing Apex

Write Apex test classes that create their own data, cover happy, error and 200-record bulk cases, and meet the 75% deployment rule with assertions that actually prove behaviour.

Lightning Web Components

Build a searchable account list as a Lightning Web Component: set up VS Code and the Salesforce CLI, call Apex with @wire, deploy to your org and place the component on a Lightning page.

Integration: REST APIs and platform events

Call the Salesforce REST API, publish your own Apex REST endpoint, make outbound callouts with a Named Credential and test them with mocks, then publish and subscribe to platform events. Learn which integration tool fits which job.

Salesforce DX, sandboxes and deployment

Learn how professional Salesforce teams work: source in Git, a Salesforce DX project, scratch orgs, sandboxes, change sets versus CLI deployment, and the test coverage rule for production. You create a project, deploy Apex and run tests from the command line.

AI in Salesforce: Agentforce and Einstein

Understand how AI works inside Salesforce: predictive Einstein features, generative AI and Agentforce agents. Learn topics, instructions and actions, how Flow and Apex become tools, how the Trust Layer helps, and how to design a safe first agent.

Project: event booking app on Salesforce

Build a complete event booking app on Salesforce: custom objects and a roll-up, a permission set, a bulk-safe Apex trigger with tests, a Lightning Web Component for booking, a confirmation Flow, and a report and dashboard. Finish with stretch goals and a portfolio checklist.

Salesforce careers and certifications

See the main Salesforce roles, which certifications suit freshers and developers, how to build proof of skill with a project and Trailhead, a 12-week study plan and the interview questions to practise. Learn to avoid exam dumps and paid job promises.