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IT & Software IT Certification Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder

Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Course

The Former Salesforce Developer 401 Certification is Now Platform App Builder - Build Apps and Get Certified
Bestseller
Rating: 4.3 out of 54.3 (4,182 ratings)
24,081 students
Created by Mike Wheeler, Aaron Wheeler, Anthony Wheeler
Last updated 4/2021
English
English [Auto], Indonesian [Auto], 
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Understand all of the core concepts on the Platform App Builder Certification
  • Build Apps on the Salesforce Platform
  • Set up Security and Access Permissions on Salesforce
  • Create Workflow Automation Procedures in Salesforce
  • Customize the Salesforce Mobile App User Interface, Navigation and Actions
  • Configure a Role Hierarchy
  • Create Permission Sets
  • Develop Apps on the New Lightning Experience Interface
  • Use the Lightning App Builder and Lightning Components
  • Install Apps from the AppExchange

Requirements

  • No prior experience is expected or required
  • It is ideal if you have some familiarity and background on the Salesforce platform, but not required
  • No coding experience required

Description

Salesforce is now the 7th most in-demand IT skill on job postings worldwide. Now is a great time to learn Salesforce and change your career to the cloud. 

Salesforce retired their Developer 401 Certification in September, 2015. Taking its place is the  Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification, which is considered the starting point for Beginner and Aspiring Developers on the Salesforce Platform. This course covers every core concept that you need to understand in order to pass the Platform App Builder Certification Exam.

This course is structured after the official Study Guide for this certification. We go through each section of the Study Guide and I have devoted a corresponding section of the course with each section of the Study Guide. Helpful quizzes close out each section of the course, so you can test your retention and knowledge of these core concepts as you pursue getting certified.

In this course we will:

  • Sign You Up for a Free 2-User Salesforce Account

  • Go through over 20 hours of video training content

  • Complete Quizzes after each section of the course

  • Develop an IMDb Clone app throughout the duration of this course

  • Create External Objects and External Data Sources using Salesforce Connect and Heroku

  • Work extensively in the Setup Menu for both Salesforce Classic and the new Lightning Experience

After Thousands of Udemy Survey ratings for my courses, the students have spoken:

"Are you learning valuable information?" 99.6% answered YES

"Are the explanations of the concepts clear?" 99.8% answered YES

"Is the instructor knowledgeable about the topic?" 99.9% answered YES


Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who desires to learn how to build apps on the Salesforce Platform
  • Beginning Salesforce Developers
  • Anyone Wishing to Pass the Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Exam
  • Any Certification Holders of the Developer 401 Certification Who Wish to Transition to the Platform App Builder Certification
  • Salesforce Administrators Who Wish to Learn Beginning Development Skills and Build Apps

Course content

11 sections • 180 lectures • 19h 20m total length

  • Preview06:27
  • Preview04:38
  • General Housekeeping and Downloading the Exam Guide
    00:14
  • Preview14:31
  • The Platform App Builder Certification Study Guide
    Preview09:23
  • Preview09:13
  • Switching from Salesforce Classic to Lightning Experience
    02:18
  • Salesforce Lightning Experience Interface Quick Tour
    09:05
  • Salesforce Classic Interface Quick Tour
    05:49
  • Accessing the Setup Menu and Reviewing Your Company Information
    06:47
  • Helpful Practice Activity – Setting up Your User Account
    10:00

  • Salesforce Fundamentals Introduction
    02:40
  • Multitenant Architecture Overview
    04:34
  • Introducing the MVC Design Pattern
    03:50
  • The Salesforce Schema
    05:48
  • Helpful Practice Activity – Downloading Apps off the AppExchange
    08:29
  • Preview07:40
  • Helpful Practice Activity – Resetting Your Security Token
    01:58
  • Salesforce Fundamentals Quiz
    3 questions

  • Preview05:08
  • Let’s Talk About Objects
    05:06
  • Understanding Standard Objects
    09:00
  • Understanding Custom Objects
    12:08
  • Helpful Practice Activity – Creating Custom Objects for an IMDb Clone App
    11:52
  • Understanding Standard Fields
    10:13
  • Understanding Custom Fields
    10:11
  • Understanding Field Types
    07:10
  • Creating Text and URL Fields
    12:25
  • Setting Field Level Security on a Field
    04:28
  • Viewing Field Accessibility on a Field
    03:29
  • Setting History Tracking for Changes to Field Values
    08:07
  • Creating an Auto-Number Field
    03:37
  • Identifying Salesforce IDs via URLs and the Salesforce Workbench
    06:13
  • Creating a Basic Formula Field
    07:42
  • Creating a Checkbox Field
    04:41
  • Creating a Currency Field
    04:58
  • Enabling Multi-Currency in Your Org
    14:22
  • Keep Your Currency Exchange Rates Up to Date
    12:20
  • Creating Date Fields
    04:22
  • Creating an Email field
    02:28
  • Creating a Geolocation Field
    03:47
  • Creating a Custom Object and Number Fields Using the Schema Builder
    09:02
  • Creating a Percent Field
    02:38
  • Creating a Phone Field
    02:31
  • Creating a Picklist Field
    13:02
  • Creating a Multi-Select Picklist Field
    05:12
  • Creating a Dependent Picklist
    04:13
  • Creating a Lookup Relationship
    08:56
  • Creating an External Lookup Relationship
    02:29
  • Creating a Master-Detail Relationship
    05:14
  • Creating an Encrypted Field
    07:00
  • Roll Up Summary Fields
    09:45
  • Preview09:06
  • Considerations When Changing a Field's Type
    09:09
  • Introducing and Installing the Data Loader
    02:27
  • Logging in to the Data Loader with a Security Token
    02:17
  • Data Loader Configuration
    04:47
  • Importing Data – Which Tool is Best?
    04:23
  • Mass Transfer of Records
    17:43
  • Helpful Practice Activity – Creating Unique ID / External ID
    06:10
  • Preview14:19
  • Relationship Types and Implications on Record Access
    08:44
  • Relationship Types and Implications on User Interface
    04:57
  • Relationship Types and Implications on Reporting
    03:55
  • Mass Delete Records
    11:56
  • Introducing External Objects and External Data Sources
    03:07
  • Creating External Objects & Data Source with Salesforce Connect and Heroku
    10:17
  • Introducing the Schema Builder
    04:41
  • Preview11:29
  • Data Modeling and Management Quiz
    7 questions

  • Security Introduction
    02:03
  • User Management Settings
    00:34
  • Introducing Profiles
    13:43
  • Creating Custom Profiles
    10:04
  • Introducing Roles
    09:50
  • Creating Roles and Assigning Users to Them
    06:06
  • Profiles vs. Roles
    07:21
  • Introducing Permission Sets
    03:53
  • Creating Permission Sets
    09:14
  • Organization Wide Defaults
    18:38
  • Sharing Settings and Granting Access Using Hierarchies
    10:35
  • Preview03:55
  • Create, Read, Update, Delete Operations – aka CRUD
    07:03
  • Security Quiz
    3 questions

  • Business Logic and Process Automation Introduction
    03:46
  • Introducing Record Types
    02:22
  • Helpful Practice Activity - Creating Account and Production Record Types
    08:49
  • Helpful Practice Activity – Create Contact Record Types
    05:16
  • Helpful Practice Activity – Create Opportunity Record Types
    06:33
  • Assigning Default Record Types to Profiles
    07:51
  • Preview03:59
  • Creating Picklist Fields and Record Type Implications
    08:52
  • Creating Advanced Formula Fields
    17:31
  • Creating Cross Object Formula Fields
    05:03
  • Preview11:07
  • Creating Validation Rules
    08:06
  • Introducing Workflow Rules
    01:48
  • Creating Workflow Rules
    01:58
  • Immediate Workflow Actions
    03:05
  • Helpful Practice Activity – Creating a Workflow Rule
    00:58
  • Time Based Workflow Actions
    04:36
  • Helpful Practice Activity – Creating a Time Based Workflow
    00:32
  • Introducing the Time Based Workflow Queue
    06:24
  • Introducing the Lightning Process Builder
    02:54
  • Creating a Basic Process in the Lightning Process Builder
    10:03
  • Creating an Advanced Process in Lightning Process Builder
    13:51
  • Workflows vs. Flows vs. Process Builder – What to Use When
    06:20
  • Ramifications of Field Updates and Potential for Recursion
    03:46
  • Approval Processes
    17:21
  • Visualizing Approval Processes with the Process Visualizer
    03:59
  • Ownership Automation via Assignment Rules
    05:12
  • Ownership Re-Assignment and Alerts via Escalation Rules
    06:18
  • Order of Execution in Salesforce, and Why It Is Important
    05:06
  • Monitoring and Debugging in Salesforce
    07:06
  • Using the Developer Console
    06:15
  • Business Logic and Automation Quiz
    3 questions

  • Setting Up Social Accounts and Contacts
    00:20
  • Social Quiz
    2 questions

  • User Interface Introduction
    03:24
  • Introducing the Enhanced Page Layout Editor
    04:00
  • Working with Fields in the Enhanced Page Layout Editor
    05:27
  • Working with Buttons in the Page Layout
    08:29
  • Working with Custom Links in the Page Layout
    05:52
  • Working with Quick Actions in the Page Layout
    02:16
  • Working with Salesforce1 & Lighting Actions in the Page Layout
    05:11
  • Working with Expanded Lookups in the Page Layout
    03:26
  • Working with Related Lists in the Page Layout
    05:40
  • Working with Report Charts in the Page Layout
    05:15
  • Working with Components in the Page Layout
    03:16
  • Apps that Generate Visualforce for You
    00:42
  • Working with Visualforce Pages in the Page Layout
    12:58
  • Adding Sections and Blank Space to a Page Layout
    03:33
  • Page Layout Assignments
    03:32
  • Automate Page Layout Change When Opportunity Closed
    09:37
  • Introducing the Path - Formerly Known as Sales Path
    06:46
  • Page Layout Edits impact on Lightning Experience
    05:35
  • Creating Custom Buttons
    06:45
  • Creating Custom Links
    04:57
  • Creating Quick Actions
    11:57
  • Custom Tabs
    11:20
  • Lightning App Builder Tool Introduction
    01:53
  • Lightning Pages
    16:11
  • Lightning Components
    11:30
  • Preview01:50
  • Updating the Page Layouts for our IMDb Clone App
    15:37
  • Providing Localization in the Interface via the Translation Workbe
    05:27
  • User Interface Quiz
    3 questions

  • Reporting Introduction
    01:35
  • Creating Reports in Salesforce
    07:25
  • Creating Joined Reports in Salesforce
    02:14
  • Creating Custom Report Types
    14:47
  • Creating Report Types and Joined Reports
    00:44
  • Dashboards
    08:46
  • Creating Reporting Snapshots (Formerly Analytics Snapshots)
    07:37
  • Lightning Experience Charts
    03:55
  • Reporting Quiz
    5 questions

  • Salesforce Mobile App Introduction
    03:45
  • Downloading and Installing the Salesforce Mobile App
    00:26
  • Configuring Salesforce Mobile
    01:20
  • Touring the Salesforce Mobile User Interface, Navigation, and Global Actions
    06:32
  • Performing Common Marketing Actions in Salesforce Mobile
    05:06
  • Performing Common Sales Functions in Salesforce Mobile
    09:58
  • Performing Common Service Functions in Salesforce Mobile
    04:42
  • Getting Started with Configuring Salesforce Mobile for Your Org
    04:33
  • Setting User Rights to Salesforce Mobile
    03:45
  • Creating Global Actions for Salesforce Mobile
    09:31
  • Creating Object Specific Actions for Salesforce Mobile
    05:05
  • Creating Action Layouts to Optimize Salesforce Mobile User Experience
    06:05
  • Customizing the Salesforce Mobile Navigation Menu
    02:47
  • Creating Compact Layouts in Salesforce Mobile
    03:09
  • Working with Push Notifications in Salesforce Mobile
    02:59
  • Working Offline with Salesforce Mobile
    01:47
  • Making a Visualforce Page Mobile (and Lightning) Ready & Setting Security
    03:13
  • Mobile Quiz
    3 questions

  • App Development and Deployment Introduction
    03:38
  • Salesforce Sandboxes
    03:13
  • Using Change Sets
    06:13
  • Unmanaged Packages
    06:58
  • Managing the Application Lifecycle and Deployment Plans
    10:31
  • Force.com IDE
    00:55
  • Other Deployment Tools - Force.com Migration Tool & ANT, Workbench & More
    04:33
  • App Deployment
    5 questions

Instructors

Mike Wheeler
Salesforce Trainer - 140,000+ Students - 25K+ 5-Star Reviews
Mike Wheeler
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 50,708 Reviews
  • 143,250 Students
  • 24 Courses

I teach Salesforce, Zoom and Home Business Courses. I am passionate about helping you become a 'Creator in a Consumption World'

I gravitate towards tools and tech that empowers the non-technical to build and create amazing things online.

That is why I was drawn to amazing tools and platforms, such as Salesforce, Zoom, Wordpress, and more.

I am currently creating a series of courses that teach you all of the fundamentals and specifics related to launching your own home business, make money online, and how to build your own brand while building applications and businesses on the Internet.

After Thousands of Udemy Survey ratings for my courses, the students have spoken:

"Are you learning valuable information?" 99.6% answered YES

"Are the explanations of the concepts clear?" 99.8% answered YES

"Is the instructor knowledgeable about the topic?" 99.9% answered YES

Before discovering Salesforce, I worked as a Technical Writer, Trainer, and built blogs using Wordpress. Once I found Salesforce, I saw it as the quickest path to building world-class web and mobile applications for businesses and consumers. I've attained 6 Salesforce Certifications along the way: Salesforce Developer, Salesforce Administrator, Salesforce Advanced Administrator, Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant, Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant, and Salesforce Platform App Builder.

I am the founder of Mike Wheeler Media, LLC, where my mission is to Inspire, Equip and Train YOU for a Cloud Career. Feel free to connect with me through the various social profile links on my profile here. 

Aaron Wheeler
Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) - Premiere Pro CC
Aaron Wheeler
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 42,304 Reviews
  • 192,047 Students
  • 16 Courses

I am a Video Editor, Animator and VFX Cleanup Artist. I have worked on projects for ESPN, BMW, National Geographic, GE  & Cheetos. I have obtained my Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) certification in Premiere Pro CC and am currently working towards certifications in Photoshop CC & After Effects CC as well.

I have been working full time in video production for over 4 years now and have gained valuable insights into the production pipeline & workflow. I use the Adobe Creative Cloud everyday, specifically working in Premiere Pro, After Effects & Photoshop. 

Anthony Wheeler
Salesforce Developer​
Anthony Wheeler
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 4,318 Reviews
  • 24,811 Students
  • 3 Courses

I am a certified Salesforce Developer, and I create developer courses to improve the software development skills of myself and others. I’m a co-instructor with Mike Wheeler at Mike Wheeler Media, and together, we’re helping others become certified and start new and satisfying careers 

Certifications: Platform App Builder, Platform Developer I, Platform Developer II

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