This certification consists of two parts: the Platform Developer II proctored multiple-choice exam and three superbadges: Apex Specialist, Data Integration Specialist, and Advanced Apex Specialist. These credentials can be earned in any sequence and will automatically earn the Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II certification.

The Salesforce Platform Developer II program is intended for an individual who has experience developing custom applications on the Lightning Platform, including practical application of the skills and concepts noted in the exam objectives below.

The Salesforce Platform Developer II generally has two to four years of experience as a developer, including at least one year of design, implementation, and deployment experience on the Lightning Platform.

The Salesforce Platform Developer II candidate has the experience, skills, and knowledge outlined below.

• Understands the principles and best practices of Salesforce data modeling, interface design, code development, and testing, and can apply these principles in real-world development environments.

• Is capable of defining appropriate solutions to meet specific business challenges/process requirements to extend/customize the platform by applying knowledge of declarative and programmatic features of the Lightning Platform.

• Is competent in developing Apex code that will scale to large data sets and has a good understanding of platform behaviors, limits, and performance considerations.

• Can build custom user interfaces to display and interact with Salesforce data using Lightning Web Components and Aura Components, advanced Visualforce, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Is competent in tuning Visualforce pages and understands performance implications of the controller design.

• Understands and applies best practices for general web and Salesforce-specific security concerns.

• Can design and implement complex sharing models using declarative and programmatic methods.

• Can design and implement a test plan that ensures adequate quality (for example; code coverage, application behaviors, scalability, environment independence, security) across application components.

• Can deploy custom applications, has a broad understanding of the Salesforce development lifecycle, understands deployment tools, and knows when to apply each tool.

• Understands and can implement Apex SOAP and REST web services, and how to call out from Apex using SOAP and REST.
  
  Exam Outline

  The Salesforce Platform Developer II exam measures a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to the following objectives. A candidate should have hands-on experience developing custom applications on the Lightning Platform and have demonstrated the application of each of the features/functions below.
  

  > Salesforce Fundamentals: 5%

  > Data Modeling and Management: 6%

  > Process Automation and Logic: 20%

  > User Interface: 19%

  > Performance: 16%

  > Integration: 15%

  > Testing: 14%
  > Debug and Deployment Tools: 5%