Salesforce Development Overview

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Questions and Answers

A developer is tasked with creating a highly customized user interface in Salesforce that requires complex logic and real-time data updates. Which Salesforce development approach is most suitable?

Declarative development using point-and-click tools like Process Builder and Flow Builder.
A combination of declarative tools and programmatic development using Apex and Lightning Web Components.
Configuration through standard Salesforce setup menus and pre-built AppExchange solutions.
Programmatic development using Apex, Visualforce, and JavaScript frameworks. (correct)

How does Salesforce's multi-tenant architecture benefit its customers?

It restricts customers to using only standard Salesforce features to ensure stability.
It allows each customer to have their own dedicated hardware and software stack.
It enables customers to customize the underlying Salesforce platform code directly.
It provides automatic updates and scalability while keeping costs down as resources are shared across multiple customers. (correct)

A Salesforce administrator needs to create a custom object to store information about company projects including project name, start date, and budget. Which aspect of the Salesforce platform is primarily used to define these data structures?

Visualforce pages
Data modeling (correct)
Lightning Web Components
Apex code

A development team is deciding between using the Developer Console and Visual Studio Code with Salesforce Extensions for their Salesforce development projects. Which factor would most likely lead them to choose Visual Studio Code?

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A business requirement states that when a new lead is created with a 'high' lead source, a series of complex validation rules and data transformations must occur before the record is saved. What development approach balances efficiency and maintainability to implement this?

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Flashcards

Salesforce Development Model

Salesforce's approach to building and customizing applications, offering both declarative (point-and-click) and programmatic (code-based) methods.

Salesforce Platform Services

Reusable components and services offered by the Salesforce platform, such as security, workflow automation, and data management.

Declarative vs. Programmatic

Configuring Salesforce using point-and-click tools (no code) versus using code (Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components).

Multi-Tenancy & Metadata-Driven Architecture

The core characteristics of Salesforce that allows multiple organizations (tenants) to share the same infrastructure while keeping their data isolated and the structure that defines data and business processes.

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Salesforce Development Tools

Tools like Developer Console (in-browser IDE), Visual Studio Code with Salesforce Extensions (desktop IDE) enable developers to write, test, and debug code.

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Study Notes

Salesforce development incorporates a model, platform services, and both declarative and programmatic methods.
Key Salesforce Platform features include multi-tenancy, metadata-driven architecture, and data modeling.
Development tools in Salesforce consist of the Developer Console, Visual Studio Code, and Salesforce Extensions.

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Description

Explore Salesforce development encompassing its model, platform services, and declarative and programmatic methods. Key features include multi-tenancy and metadata-driven architecture. Utilize tools such as Developer Console and Visual Studio Code for development.