Whether you are a professional Apex coder or a developer who just started in the ecosystem of Salesforce, you need to have the right set of resources. However, if you are a developer, you are lucky with Salesforce. It is because both the organization and its partners are quite helpful.
There is a huge sum of salesforce resources out there and in a wide variety. You will have tutorials, videos, blogs, virtual and interactive training, in-person training, forums, and so much more. Companies of all sizes use Salesforce forms to streamline their business operations.
In this post, we will discuss some most common resources to ensure that you have everything you need in hand when you can’t figure your way out of a situation and are looking for the best possible solution.
Salesforce Developer Site
Over the past few years, the official website of Salesforce Developers has been updated. Now it provides you easy access to every document you need when learning a thing or two about Salesforce. Additionally, you can stay up to date about recent blog posts, latest events, and news regarding the development of this powerful customer resource management tool.
Trailhead
Tailhead was introduced at the end of 2014 and is known to be an interactive training/learning platform. The platform has changed as an independent entity that is made for people who wish to take a deep dive into Salesforce learning while enjoying a high level of user-friendliness offered by this self-learning interactive platform for learning Salesforce development.
Using Salesforce Trailhead, users can connect to the developer org effectively and engage with new challenges. Also, earn badges while they learn.
SFDC99
It is known as a training website and blog by an MVP of Salesforce known as David Liu. He learned to code, and now people are inspired by him to do the same with SFDC99 (Coding for the 99 percent). David knew his way with words, and he was an expert in teaching people how to code as he learned it himself. This resource is a must to try if you are just starting with Salesforce
Advanced Apex Programming
Advanced Apex Programming for Salesforce is written by Dan Appleman. This book offers useful insights and teaches the basics of Apex to budding developers, and helps them to think differently. It helps them to code efficiently.
Salesforce Success Community
Regardless of where you stand in your career or which part of the salesforce ecosystem you are good at, one of the most reliable sources to look for answers is the salesforce success community. This community has more than 1.5 million members, and it is a forum-style site created for Salesforce.
Rather than considering it as a forum, you should think of it as a place where you can ask questions, learn new things, and assist other people. In addition to that, you can present new ideas regarding salesforce features to the community
Some other helpful salesforce resources include:
Salesforce – Stack Exchange
Salesforce has its independent subsection of Stack Exchange that allows users to state their concerns and ask questions. These are addressed and answered by salesforce exports within minutes as an exchange for votes. Though most of these questions are related to coding, you can ask any question related to Salesforce customization, and it will be answered.
Salesforce University
Salesforce training is now Salesforce University. The program is offered by Salesforce itself, and it includes instructor lead classes that can be virtual as well as in-person. These training sessions allow you to complete certain certifications or help you improve your skills in a specified area. Administrators and developers can receive training from Salesforce Univesity.
Salesforce User Groups
There are different shapes and sizes of Salesforce users groups. There are around two hundred user groups all over the world. These groups are basically meetings that happen throughout the year at various times. Users can discuss everything about Salesforce, and here you will also get a chance to interact with experts, administrators, developers, and consultants.
Salesforce CodeTalk Live
Salesforce launched CodeTalk, a platform where developers have answers to their questions through a live call. They can ask whatever questions they have on pre-selected topics, and it works wonders for beginners who need to learn Salesforce basics.
The majority of developers dedicated their time to blogging about stuff they do on the Salesforce platform and all the solutions they have found to counter the challenges they face along the way. You can sign up for email alerts for particular topics so you know when someone posts something on a topic of your interest.
Most of these blogs are managed by MVPs of Salesforce, and they ensure to try their best to help developers.
