When you complete the course, you’ll be able to use the capabilities of the Force.com cloud platform to develop or extend cloud applications:

• Develop custom Force.com code
• Create triggers to take action when records are saved
• Use the Force.com sandbox testing environment
• Write page controllers to manage custom data sets and actions for pages
• Create multi-page wizards, maintaining a unified view state across the experience

Force.com Code (Apex)

• Describe the features, functionality, and use cases of Apex
• Describe the data types and syntax of Apex
• Write Apex that handles bulk data.
• Write SOQL and SOSL queries to return data from the database
• Write complex joins in SOQL
• Describe the different governor limits and ways to work within them
• Create a unit test for a class
• List the requirements for deploying Apex code into production
• Describe the capabilities of Apex Web services and callouts
• Send and receive email from Apex
• Describe the capabilities of batch Apex
• Describe the capabilities of custom settings.

Visualforce Controllers

• Understand the Visualforce framework, including its advantages and capabilities
• Use expressions to bind data and actions on a page to a controller
• Understand the concepts behind controllers, including their functionality and capabilities
• Create custom controllers and standard controller extensions to incorporate new data and actions into a page
• Understand the security implications of using custom vs. standard controllers
• Implement wizards using custom controllers to handle the state and operations
• Create custom components that use custom controllers
• Test, debug, and deploy controllers