What Is Salesforce Platform Developer?

Overview

Salesforce Platform Developer is a Salesforce credential. Apex, SOQL, Lightning Web Components and testing for the Platform Developer exam. This PathKey™ guide summarizes the domains, format, cost signals, eligibility, and renewal pattern so you can decide before you book. Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. We teach preparation for the Salesforce exam. Salesforce sets exam content, fees, and policies.

Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. We teach preparation for the Salesforce exam. Salesforce sets exam content, fees, and policies.

Who it is for

• Developers new to Salesforce who know another language.
• Salesforce admins and app builders learning to code.
• Junior Salesforce developers who want the credential.

Exam domains

Weights follow the official outline.

1. 01

   Developer Fundamentals

   27%

   Understand multi-tenant concepts and design frameworks, such as MVC architecture and Lightning Component Framework, Given a scenario, identify common use cases and best practices for declarative versus programmatic customizations, including governor limits, formula fields, and roll-up summaries, and Given a scenario, determine, create, and access the appropriate data model including objects, fields, relationships, and external IDs.
2. 02

   Process Automation and Logic

   28%

   Identify the capabilities of the declarative process automation features, Understand how to declare variables, constants, methods, modifiers, Apex interfaces, and the appropriate use cases for each, and Given a scenario, assess how Apex control flow statements will execute and when to apply different control flow statements.
3. 03

   User Interface

   25%

   Given a scenario, prevent user interface and data access security vulnerabilities, Given a scenario, display and use custom user interface components, including Lightning components, Flow, and Visualforce, and Describe the use cases and best practices for Lightning Web Components, including the framework, benefits, and events.
4. 04

   Testing, Debugging, and Deployment

   20%

   Write and execute tests for triggers, controllers, classes, and flows using various sources of test data, Given a scenario, know how and when to use the Salesforce Developer tools such as Salesforce DX, Salesforce CLI, and Developer Console, and Describe how to approach debugging system issues and monitoring flows, performance, asynchronous, and batch jobs.

Exam format and cost

Questions

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Duration

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Format

Multiple choice and related item types (confirm on the vendor outline)

Passing score

68

Cost

200 USD (confirm on the vendor site)

Delivery

Vendor-approved test center or online proctoring (confirm on the vendor site)

Languages

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Experience and eligibility

Salesforce lists no prerequisite for this exam. It recommends 1 to 2 years of development experience with at least 6 months on the Lightning Platform. You should be comfortable with an object oriented language and basic JavaScript before class.

Renewal

Renewal rules for Salesforce Platform Developer are set by Salesforce. Many credentials use a multi-year cycle with continuing education, a renewal fee, or a newer exam. Confirm the current cycle on the vendor site.

Roles this credential fits

• Developer fundamentals, process automation and logic, user interface, and testing, debugging and deployment, mapped to the official exam guide.
• Development
• Teams standardizing on this credential for hiring or compliance

Official sources

• Salesforce credentials

Always confirm fees, dates, and eligibility on the vendor site before you register. Vendors change outlines and prices without notice.