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Salesforce Certified Platform Developer

Salesforce certification for developers building and deploying custom business logic and user interfaces using the Lightning Platform's programmatic capabilities.

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Salesforce Certified Platform Developer Exam
Exam Conduct
No hard-copy or online reference materials; accept the Salesforce Certification Program Agreement and Code of Conduct at the beginning of the exam.
Identification
Meet Salesforce Certification Exam ID Requirements; the name on ID must match the booking exactly. Online candidates must check technical requirements and run the system test.
Language
English examination selected; the current catalog also lists Japanese, French, and Spanish, which are not separately submitted here.
Prerequisite
None; course attendance is highly recommended, not mandatory. The described 1–2 years as a developer and at least 6 months on Lightning Platform characterize the audience, not an entry gate.
Scheduling
Select an available date/time in Trailhead Academy for Pearson OnVUE online proctoring or a Pearson VUE testing-center venue/time slot and complete checkout; no fixed application deadline is stated.
Scope
Initial certification only; maintenance, higher certifications, architect aggregate credentials and reviews are excluded. Official start and end dates are not published in the retrieved current materials and remain null.

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer Exam

Provider
Salesforce; Pearson VUE testing-center or Pearson OnVUE online proctoring delivery
Format
Proctored multiple-choice/multiple-select examination; no hard-copy or online reference materials
Exam questions
Total questions: 60–65; Scored questions: 60; Unscored questions: 0–5; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
105 minutes
Passing score
68%
Exam fee
Registration US$200 plus applicable taxes; retake US$100 plus applicable taxes
Examination outline
  • Developer Fundamentals (27%)
    • Multi-tenant concepts and design frameworks
    • Declarative versus programmatic customizations
    • Data modeling and access
    • Agentforce for Developers use cases and limitations
  • Process Automation and Logic (28%)
    • Declarative process automation capabilities
    • Apex declarations and interfaces
    • Apex control flow
    • SOSL, SOQL, and DML in Apex
    • Apex class and trigger best practices
    • Governor limits and Apex transactions
    • Transactions, execution order, recursion, and cascading
    • Apex exception handling
    • Combining declarative functionality and Apex
  • User Interface (25%)
    • User interface and data access security
    • Displaying and using custom user interface components
    • Lightning Web Component use cases and best practices
    • Apex integration with page components
  • Testing, Debugging, and Deployment (20%)
    • Writing and executing tests with test data
    • Salesforce Developer tools
    • Debugging and monitoring
    • Deployment environments, requirements, and process
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