Apex Academy: Absolute Beginner’s
Guide to Coding in Salesforce
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
David Liu
SALESFORCE TECHNICAL ARCHITECT
@dvdkliu sfdc99.com
Introduce myself
Overview
The Apex Academy mission statement
Five things you didn’t know Apex would
do for your career
Can anyone really learn to code?
Prerequisites
Google’s Salesforce Technical Architect
Two-time Salesforce MVP
Six Salesforce certifications
World’s most popular Salesforce blog –
SFDC99.com
Consulted over 50 Salesforce orgs
Many Dreamforce sessions, official
Salesforce webinars & articles, user group
presentations, Trailhead, and more!
Apex Academy’s mission:
Teach anyone to code at
the level of a full-time
Salesforce developer.
Five Things Apex Will Do for Your Career
Things you didn’t know Apex would do for
your Career
$130,000+ average base salary Increase your worth within your
company
Source: Careers in the Cloud: Take
your developer career to the next level ...even if you don’t master Apex!
Things you didn’t know Apex would do for
your Career
Coding will make you You had no idea you Build a transferrable
a more creative knew so little about life skill
problem solver Salesforce
“Can I really learn how to code?”
- Your brain
It Has Been Done, Many, Many Times Before!
50% of my
Me Salesforce MVPs
coworkers
Bartenders, India, Philippines,
Korea, Canada, Women and men
historians, violinists, France, Belgium,
call center agents
of all ages
Germany
In-depth stories and examples can be found at SFDC99.com!
Persistence, NOT
intelligence, will determine
your success in this industry
Basic Salesforce administrator knowledge
- Salesforce Trailhead
- Udacity: Intro to Point & Click App
Development
Prerequisites
No coding experience necessary
Salesforce developer org
- developer.salesforce.com
Summary You have to be crazy not to learn
Salesforce development
It’s common for developers in the
Salesforce industry to have no coding
background
You can code, too!
