Apex Development and Salesforce Automation

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Apex Development and Salesforce Automation

About this course

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. In this comprehensive course, you'll delve deep into Apex development and Salesforce automation, gaining hands-on experience with key concepts and techniques. You'll learn how to manage data efficiently using collections like Lists, Sets, and Maps, explore the creation of classes and methods, and understand the power of Salesforce Inspector. By working with real-life scenarios and learning to apply Apex programming best practices, you'll be well-equipped to automate processes and solve problems within Salesforce. As you progress through the course, you'll master essential topics like constructors, static and non-static methods, database methods, DML operations, and more. Through a practical approach, you'll explore relationship queries and triggers to automate processes in Salesforce. The course also introduces you to testing, debugging, and managing Apex exceptions—equipping you with the tools to build reliable Salesforce applications and avoid common pitfalls. This course is designed for developers who want to enhance their skills in Salesforce and Apex programming. If you're comfortable with basic programming concepts, this course will guide you through essential Salesforce tools and techniques. By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently write and deploy Apex code, optimize performance, manage data operations, handle exceptions, and implement best practices for Salesforce development.

What you'll learn

  • manage data efficiently using collections like Lists, Sets, and Maps
  • create classes and methods in Apex
  • utilize Salesforce Inspector effectively
  • automate processes with triggers and relationship queries
  • handle testing, debugging, and managing Apex exceptions

Course objectives

  • equip students with the skills to write and deploy Apex code
  • provide practical understanding of data operations and performance optimization
  • instill best practices for Salesforce development

Skills you'll gain

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