New or intermediate developers will want to use this hands-on guide to prepare for the Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder credential, awarded for designing, building, and implementing applications using the declarative customization capabilities of the Salesforce Platform.

This is the first book available covering this content, and Salesforce training is very costly. This book is filled with real-world examples and hands-on exercises, enabling you to prepare for the certification exam in a short span of time. Multiple-choice study questions and exercises are included to help you apply what you learn in each chapter.

Author Rakesh Gupta explains Salesforce Platform fundamentals, including knowledge about the limitations of the declarative platform and when to use programmatic development versus the AppExchange. Data management and data analytics are covered. And you will learn how to set up organization-wide features that affect the look and feel of your application.

Sandbox design patterns and process automation tools available in Salesforce are discussed and you will know when to use them. You will become familiar with a wide array of topics, including designing a mobile app and reporting in Salesforce.

What You Will Learn

• Know when to use declarative development versus programmatic development versus the AppExchange
  
• Understand the Salesforce data model, field type (when to use which fields), and how and when to use an external object in Salesforce
  
• Be familiar with security and settings in Salesforce
  
• See how easily users can migrate to the Lightning experience from the classic platform
  
• Implement business process automation using declarative features
  
• Apply the automation process in Salesforce
  
• Utilize Process Builder and manage its power to automate business processes
  
• Use sandboxes and deployment tools
  

Who This Book Is For

New or intermediate Salesforce developers or anyone in the Salesforce development arena who wants to learn or explore the platform

新手或中级开发人员将希望使用这本实践指南来准备Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder证书，该证书被授予使用Salesforce平台的声明性定制功能来设计、构建和实施应用程序。

这是第一本涵盖这一内容的书，而Salesforce的培训费用非常昂贵。本书充满了真实世界的例子和实战练习，使你能够在短时间内准备好认证考试。书中包括多项选择的学习问题和练习，以帮助你在每一章中应用你所学的知识。

作者Rakesh Gupta解释了Salesforce平台的基础知识，包括有关声明式平台的局限性以及何时使用程序化开发与AppExchange的知识。涵盖了数据管理和数据分析。您还将学习如何设置影响您的应用程序外观和感觉的组织范围的功能。

讨论了Salesforce中可用的沙盒设计模式和流程自动化工具，您将知道何时使用它们。您将熟悉大量的主题，包括设计移动应用程序和Salesforce中的报告。

您将学到的内容

了解何时使用声明式开发与程序式开发以及AppExchange的区别

了解Salesforce数据模型、字段类型（何时使用哪些字段），以及如何和何时在Salesforce中使用外部对象

熟悉Salesforce中的安全和设置

了解用户如何轻松地从经典平台迁移到Lightning体验上

使用声明性功能实现业务流程自动化

在Salesforce中应用自动化流程

利用流程生成器并管理其功能以实现业务流程自动化

使用沙盒和部署工具

本书适用对象

新手或中级Salesforce开发人员或Salesforce开发领域中想要学习或探索该平台的任何人