If you are a complete beginner who wants to build applications on Salesforce and prepare for the App Developer certification, this course offers a high impact, hands on introduction. It covers building data models with objects and fields, business logic with workflows and approval processes, UI with record types and page layouts, security with profiles and permission sets, and deployment with change sets.

This Course Offers

• A Complete Foundation in Declarative Salesforce Development: You will learn how to build an application using declarative syntax, without needing programming knowledge, including data models, business logic, and user interfaces.
• Hands On with Security and Data Management: The course covers creating profiles and permission sets, setting up organization wide defaults, building sharing models, using the Data Loader tool, and managing users and licenses.
• Practical Deployment and Auditing Skills: You will learn to deploy applications using change sets, use the debug log, check system downtimes, and use auditing tools like field history tracking.
• Certification Preparation: The course is designed to prepare you for the Salesforce App Developer certification (formerly DEV 401), covering the core exam topics.

Why We Love This Course

1. It is incredibly popular. With over 98,000 students, this course has helped an enormous number of learners take their first steps with Salesforce.
2. It focuses on declarative development. You do not need programming knowledge. The course teaches you to build applications using point and click tools, making it accessible to non developers.
3. It is comprehensive for beginners. From building data models and business logic to security, reporting, and deployment, the course covers the full spectrum of declarative Salesforce administration and development.
4. It is taught by an experienced consultant. The instructor is a certified Salesforce Developer with experience as a consultant at Infosys and as a freelancer building custom CRM solutions.

If you are a newbie who wants to build applications on Salesforce without prior programming knowledge, this course provides a solid, comprehensive foundation. Note that the course was last updated in 2016 and targets the DEV 401 certification, which has been replaced. The core declarative concepts remain relevant, but some interface details and exam objectives may have changed significantly.

• Newbies who want to build applications on Salesforce with no prior programming knowledge required.
• Developers or consultants who would like to migrate to Salesforce from other CRMs.
• Anyone who wants to make a career in Salesforce administration or declarative development.
• This course is not for you if you are already a Salesforce Admin or Developer looking to learn more advanced concepts of Apex (code).

• No prerequisites are required. Just be willing to learn new concepts.
• Familiarity with HTML can make understanding VisualForce pages easier, but it is not required.
• Access to a free Salesforce Developer Edition account is recommended for hands on practice.

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