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PLATFORM DEVELOPER I Certification Study Group Week 1 Led by: Blanca V. Leon-Carter
#LBAjourneytoPD1

2. Study Group Humor

3. Weekly Shoutouts
Brooke for updating the Weekly Content Schedules with Trailhead modules.
Mark for being the best social media & slack ambassador!!!
Jen, Matt & Kelsey for adding flashcards.
Kelle for volunteering to present.
All 33 of you who shared your Twitter handle, dusted off your user name & passwords, and those who newly created accounts to join us on social media outlets.
Kudos to those who completed the PD1 Pre-mix Trailmix (over 315 clicks); 70+ who have been accessing our weekly content and 143+ clicks to our Slack workspace.
To all study group members who are sharing their experience and creating awareness of LBA and the study groups.

4. “Just show up.” Week 0 Reflection and brief Q & A
Words of wisdom from Leslie Gestautas
@LeslieGest 
“Just show up.”

5. Study Group Social Media Ambassador Mark Adcock @techforecastis
Guest Speaker
Non-profit technologist
3x Certified Salesforce Consultant
Salesforce User Group leader
Presentation at Midwest Dreamin’ “From Personas to Permissions: User Experience Guided Security”
Study Group Social Media Ambassador Mark

6. Week 1 Objectives Salesforce Fundamentals
Describe the considerations when developing in a multi-tenant environment. Shared resources
Describe how the Salesforce platform features map to the MVC pattern.
Describe the capabilities of the core CRM objects in the Salesforce schema.
Identify the common scenarios for extending an application's capabilities using the AppExchange.
Identify common use cases for declarative customization of the Lightning Platform, and customization and features of the Heroku platform.

7. Salesforce Fundamentals
Describe the considerations when developing in a multi-tenant environment
No client software. It is cloud based.
Salesforce updates three times a year
Automatic upgrades for everyone
All customers share the same code base
Customizations are specified as metadata a.k.a. data about data
Governor limits help to ensure everyone has equal resources
Your code must have at least 75% test coverage
Source: Salesforce, Understanding the Salesforce Architecture

8. Model-View-Controller (MVC) paradigm
Describe how the Salesforce platform features map to the MVC pattern. Referred to generally as standard controllers, or even the standard controller.
Model
View
Controller
Data objects
User Interface
Business logic
Browser page Mobile page
Page layout
Visualforce page
Standard controller
Custom controller (Apex)
Database Salesforce objects and related elements
Defines the structure of data.
Represents the presentation layer.
Contains the business logic.
Image Source: Salesforce, Edureka: Salesforce for Beginners
Source: Focus On Force

9. Core objects in the Salesforce schema.
Image Source: Focus On Force

10. App Exchange
Source: Salesforce YouTube

11. App Exchange
Identify the common scenarios for extending an application's capabilities using the AppExchange.
The AppExchange is a marketplace for third-party custom add-ons
These apps are used to extend the functionality of Salesforce
Solutions found on the AppExchange provide out-of-the-box options
Salesforce employees, customers, and partners can develop apps for the marketplace
Some are free, some have subscriptions
You can install packages to sandboxes

12. Lightning Bolt Solutions
App Exchange
Apps
Managed packages
Unmanaged packages
Native composite apps
Industry & function specific apps
Lightning Bolt Solutions
Community template
Industry of business use case
Lightning Components
Add-ons for lightning pages
Use for community
Lightning Data
Sales
Marketing
External Data Sets

13. Declarative Customization of the Lightning Platform
Identify common use cases
Lightning flow reduces the need for Apex code
You can do a lot with Process Builder, Workflow Rules, or Flows
However, there are some areas you may still need Apex code or Visualforce, including: - Scheduled jobs processing
- Complex reporting Automated record sharing

14. Declarative Customization of the Lightning Platform
Can you share some examples of where declarative customizations can be used?

15. Declarative Customization of the Lightning Platform
Can you share some examples of where declarative customizations can be used?
Display the sum or count of number of related records
Display the average of number of related records
Ensure that a reason is entered into the system for specific function eg. use of validation rule to make sure you do not delete inventory item if there is stock
Ensure the data is entered in the proper format eg. birthday, social security number, etc.

16. Declarative Customization of the Lightning Platform
Can you share some examples of when code may be required?

17. Declarative Customization of the Lightning Platform
Can you share some examples of when code may be required?
If logic is very complex/business processes are NOT supported by workflow
To create web or services
Perform complex validation over multiple objects
Create transactional logic
Attach custom logic to another operation
Source: When Should I Use Apex? By Salesforce

18. Heroku Platform What is Heroku?
A platform service that supports multiple languages (eg. Ruby, Java, PHP and more) as well as databases.
It is a Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Heroku uses the open-source Postgres database
Heroku Connect can be used to share and update data through bidirectional synchronization between Salesforce and Heroku Postgres database
Source: Salesforce YouTube

19. Heroku Platform Use Cases
Public-facing websites and API services.
Interface can be developed using open-source languages (eg. Ruby, Java, PHP and more)
Large data volumes that could cause potential problems hitting governor limits.
Various database platforms can be connected.
Heroku can be the “middle man” or middleware for passing data. between multiple services.
Can be used as a development lab to test out new ideas.
Source: Salesforce YouTube

20. Platform Developer I Certification Study Group
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21. Platform Developer I Certification Study Group
*Schedule: June 28 - August 30, 2018
Week 2 July 26
Week 3 August 2
Week 4 August 16
Week 5 August 23
Week 6 August 30
Week 7 September 6
Data Modeling & Management
Logic & Process Automation
User Interface
Testing Debug & Deployment Tools
Review & Take the Exam
*Schedule was updated on 7/18/2018
Upcoming Events WIT Success: July Forcelandia: August 8 - 9*

22. Resources Women Code Heroes
David Liu’s Apex Academy & Pluralsight courses
Don Robin’s Play By Play Pluralsight courses
Intro to Heroku by Salesforce Developers [YouTube video]
Salesforce AppExchange Overview by Salesforce [YouTube video]
When Should I Use Apex? by Salesforce
Cooking with Code: A Satisfying Introduction to Apex sObjects by Kieren Jameson on Women Code Heroes blog

23. Platform Developer I Certification Study Group
Week 1 Homework:
Reading assignment for Week 2 included in our weekly content schedule
Add to our Study Group Resources Google Sheet for Flashcards
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24. Platform Developer I Certification Study Group
What is an sObject?
sObjects hold record data from Salesforce objects
Can hold data from standard or custom objects
Used to hold a record’s data so that we can do something with it using Apex
Are traditionally more complex than other variables because they can hold more than one piece of information

25. Platform Developer I Certification Study Group
How do I get sObject data into Salesforce?
Data from sObjects does NOT automatically get added to your database
In order to save the sObject record you need to use Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements
DML statements usually used are:
- Insert Update Delete
Source: RAD Women Code Intro to Apex Course Week 2 & Women Code Heroes