Looking into the tons of links to pages provided by Salesforce and other sources can be very confusing. I got very confused with the different Salesforce sections and pages: Developer Forums, Success Community, Chatter Groups, Developer Documentation, Workbooks, Books, Webinars, Getting started guides, Implementation guide…etc. How to get all of these in one place? For that I have categorized all relevant links to make my life easier, and I am sharing this here. I have categorized the different categories as per the below with description for each link.
SFDC Official Links – Developer Page:
| Page | URL | Description |
| Getting Started | LINK | Contains link to create a new Developer account, contains Trailhead link, also contains Force.com workbook, techncial library and Intro Webinars links (see be;low). |
| Trailhead | LINK | Learn Force.com basics with Trailhead, a fun and fast way to challenge yourself. Celebrate your progress with points and badges! |
| Intro Webinar | LINK | Free monthly series of introductory sessions on Force.com, including Force.com platform, Apex and Visualforce. |
| Developer Documentation | LINK | Official SFDC Developer Documentation page. Includes: Developer guides, Installation guides, Data Loader guides, Example of validation rules and formulas, Workbooks, Force.com Platform Fundamentals (this is one of the best getting started guides, it basically shows you how to create an App, and how to step-by-step expand it with all SFDC features. Highly recommended) and Force.com Workbook…etc. |
| Developer Workbooks | LINK | Predefined search query in the Developer Docs for the SFDC Workbooks |
| Developer Books | LINK | Free SFDC books, and third party paid books |
| Developer Cheat Sheets | LINK | Free SFDC Cheat Sheets |
| Technical Library | LINK | Browse the technical library by topic to find code samples, documentation, tools, and other technical resources for building and customizing apps on the Force.com platform. |
| On Demand Webinars | LINK | This page lists all the past recorded content, featured on the Developer Force home page over the past few years. |
| Developers Blog | LINK | Contains blog entries regarding new relaeses, features, etc… |
| Developer Tools | LINK | Contains links to all Salesforce administrator and developer tools, including: Data Loader, Workbench, Force.com IDE, migration tools, integration tools, Cloud Providers tools (like AWS and Azure), and many more! |
| Developer Discussion Forum | LINK | A discussion forum with many topics for developers, like: Apex and Visualforce development, Formulas & Validation Rules, APIs and Integration, force.com sites, Java and .NET development, Mobile and Lightning… etc. |
SFDC Official Link – Success Community:
| Page | URL | Description |
| Answers | LINK | Engage with and get answers from a passionate community of customers, partners and Salesforce experts. |
| Help and Training | LINK | The Help page lets you search for Knoweldge Articles, Best practices and Known Issues. |
| Getting Started Set-Up | LINK | Salesforce Series Videos & Walkthroughs |
| Success Ideas | LINK | Share and vote for ideas to improve the product. |
| Communities (Chatter) | LINK | Find and follow interesting people, join groups for discussion and share files publicly or privately. This is just like the Chatter object that you configure for your organization, but it has more than 2 Million subscribers. |
| AppExchange | LINK | This is the App Store, or Google Play of Salesforce. There you can find around 3 thousands Apps that you can add to your Salesforce Org. Apps can be free or paid, managed or unmanaged. Some Apps that I used: Adoption Dashboards, Mass update and Edit, ConfigWorkbook (for metadata), Survey Force…etc. Just like your smart phone Apps, getting these Apps can save you tons of time! |
| Hiring Marketplace | LINK | Check out the Developer Marketplace to find qualified professionals waiting to help make your implementation a success. Here you can: post a job opening (first link), find consultant (second link) and find developers (third link). |
Free SFDC Blogs and Courses:
| Page | URL | Description |
| Salesforceben | LINK | Personal Salesforce blog by Ben McCarthy |
| Admin Hero | LINK | Personal Salesforce Blog by Brent Downey. The Zero to Hero is an on-going Salesforce post series which uses those same materials but simplifies the content and uses language that you can understand |
| SFDC Trails | LINK | Personal blog by Snehal Surti. Study tips by section and reference to study material. Great references to Salesforce documentation and Trailhead modules per objective! |
| Jenwlee’s Salesforce Blog | LINK | A personal Blog with some great tips by Jennifer Lee |
| The Ecquire Blog | LINK | 32 Salesforce Guides That You Shouldn’t Miss |
| Udacity FREE course: Intro to Point & Click App Development | LINK | This is a video class, teaches the basics of building apps with Force.com. It is around 6 hours, containing: intro to objects, fields, and records, Relationships, Validation Rules, Formulas and Summaries, User Interface, Schema Builder, Data Loader, Reports and Dashboards, Workflows Rules and Approvals, Chatter and Salesforce1. Finally, after going through these concepts in building a Music Festival app, you will build your own App. |
| Salesforce.study | LINK | This site offers Free Admin course and paid App builder course, it is basically a collection of links (to other blogs, videos, Trailhead, official SFDC documentation, flashcards, quizzes, etc…). The links are grouped by objective. |
| sfdcstudy.org | LINK | Great notes for the Admin and Advanced Admin exams. It also contains App Builder study links. On top of that, plenty of quizzes. |
Paid SFDC Material:
| Page | URL | Description |
| Certified on Demand | LINK | A paid Salesforce Certified Administrator study guide by John Coppedge. It offers a structured set of objectives, resources, and key facts designed to prepare you to pass the Certified Administrator exam. |
| Focus on Force | LINK | A paid study-guide site that offers guides and practice exams for: Admin, Advanced Admin and Platform App Builder |
| Udemy Course: Project Based Salesforce Admin & Adv Admin Hands-On Training | LINK | A 15-hour scenario-based course by Archana Rajendran. Archana is a great instructor, she knows how to pass the message. This course is based on a fictious project that Archana shows how to implement. |
| Udemy Course: The Complete Salesforce Administrator Certification Course | LINK | An 11-hour Salesfore Certified Administrator course by Mike Wheeler. |
| Lynda.com – Developing with Visualforce | LINK | Learn how to start developing custom interfaces for the Force.com platform (including Salesforce) with Visualforce. Share |
The above links are overwhelming! Plenty of material to go through, on top of the notes of this website. My advise is to stick to my notes here, and visit 1 link at a time. Do not try to do everything at one time… You will quickly lose track if you open all links once!
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