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Build and customize applications on the Salesforce platform using code, configuration, and low-code tools. Covers Apex, LWC, SOQL, and the broader Salesforce developer ecosystem.

Why It Matters

  • Core for your role
  • High demand
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Agentforce
  • Developer
  • Administrator
  • Architect

Completed

Completed with Quick Start: Apex · Mar 2026

Learn it

Finish one badge with a hands-on challenge, or a superbadge, to complete Salesforce Development.

Badges that complete it

  • Badge

    Quick Start: Apex

    Write your first Apex class.

    Hands-on challenge · Beginner · 20 minsCompleted
    Review

  • Badge

    Agent Customization with Apex

    Create custom AI agents using agent actions and Apex.

    Hands-on challenge · Intermediate · 30 minsCompleted
    Review

  • Badge

    Apex Triggers

    Write Apex triggers to perform custom database actions.

    Hands-on challenge · Intermediate · 1 hr 30 mins
    Start

  • Badge

    Apex Integration Services

    Integrate with external apps using Apex REST and SOAP services.

    Hands-on challenge · Intermediate · 2 hrsCompleted
    Review

  • Badge

    Apex Testing

    Write robust code by executing Apex unit tests.

    Hands-on challenge · Intermediate · 2 hrs 15 mins
    Start

Superbadges that complete it

For when you already know it.

  • Superbadge

    Superbadge: Apex for Agentforce

    Implement custom solutions using Apex agent actions in Agentforce.

    Advanced · 2 hrs
    Start

Trails and Trailhead Journeys that include them

  • Trail

    Build an AI Agent with Agentforce

  • Trail

    Developer Intermediate

  • Trailhead Journey

    Sales

What you’ll be able to do

Every question and challenge for this skill checks one of these.

  • Create an Apex class with a method that returns a value.
  • Write SOQL queries in Apex.
  • Write triggers that operate on collections.
  • Explain when to use asynchronous Apex.
  • Write a Batch Apex class and monitor it.
  • Chain queueable jobs.

Frequently asked questions

Build and customize applications on the Salesforce platform using code, configuration, and low-code tools. Covers Apex, LWC, SOQL, and the broader Salesforce developer ecosystem.

Complete a badge with a hands-on challenge that teaches it, like Quick Start: Apex, Agent Customization with Apex, or Apex Triggers. If you already know it, Superbadge: Apex for Agentforce completes it too.

Salesforce Development is core for Administrators, Developers, and Architects.

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