You're reading from Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide A beginner's guide to building apps on the Salesforce Platform and passing the Salesforce Platform App Builder exam

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800206434

Length 412 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Salesforce

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Authors (2):

Paul Goodey

Paul Goodey GP

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to the Lightning Platform Core

2. Chapter 1: Core Capabilities of the Lightning Platform FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Designing and Building a Data Model

4. Chapter 3: Importing and Exporting Data

5. Section 2: Behind the Scenes

6. Chapter 4: Securing Access to Data

7. Chapter 5: Setting Up the User Interface

8. Chapter 6: Implementing Business Logic

9. Chapter 7: Building Business Process Automation

10. Chapter 8: Generating Data Analytics with Reports and Dashboards

11. Section 3: A Step Closer to the Exam

12. Chapter 9: Configuring the Mobile Features

13. Chapter 10: Understanding the Social Features

14. Chapter 11: Managing the App Building Process

15. Chapter 12: Studying for the Certified Platform App Builder Exam

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One of the benefits of the Lightning Platform is the capability to customize it so that it is tailored to the way that users access it.

The Lightning Platform provides features and functionality that allow customization at various levels, which, in turn, allow not only programmatic solutions, but also declarative solutions requiring no coding knowledge and these declarative features enable the user interface to be customized.

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