This exam guide is designed to help you evaluate if you are ready to successfully complete the Salesforce Platform Developer II program. This guide provides information about the target audience for the certification program, recommended training and documentation, and a complete list of exam objectives—all with the intent of helping you achieve a passing score. Salesforce highly recommends a combination of on-the-job experience and self-study to maximize your chances of passing the exam.
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
Advanced Developer Fundamentals: 18%
Process Automation, Logic, and Integration: 24%
User Interface: 20%
Testing, Debugging, and Deployment: 20%
Performance: 18%
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.
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.
Understands implications when handling larger volumes of data (approximately 300,000 to 480,000 records).
Can build custom user interfaces to display and interact with Salesforce data using Lightning Web Components and Aura Components, advanced Visualforce, CSS, and JavaScript.