This second course in our Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Certification series contains 8 hours of in-depth video training to get you introduced to Apex - the core language of Salesforce.

In this course, we cover:

• Apex Triggers

• Apex Classes

• Data Types

• Logic

• Object Oriented Concepts

• Working with Salesforce Data

• Custom Metadata Types

• Platform Events

• Asynchronous Apex

• Extending Declarative Functionality

• Testing and Debugging

This course also includes five development challenges to put your newfound coding skills into practice.

NOW is the time to take your Cloud Career to the next level by learning Apex with us.

From the Developer IExam Guide, the Process Automation and Logic knowledge area, which is the largest knowledge area, you will need to:

• Declare variables, constants, methods, and use modifiers and interfaces in Apex.

• Given a scenario, use and apply Apex control flow statements.

• Given a scenario, write SOSL, SOQL, and DML statements in Apex.

• Given a use case and following best practices, write Apex classes and triggers and use Apex interfaces.

• 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.

• Use programmatic techniques to prevent security vulnerabilities.

• Given a scenario, use declarative functionality and Apex together to automate business logic.

• Given a scenario, identify the appropriate publish/subscribe logic for platform events.