Course 2.12 · Curriculum 2026.1
Platform Developer I exam preparation
Sit the Platform Developer I exam knowing your weakest domain by name. Two full mocks sampled on the published domain weightings, reported per section, with every weak section linked to the lessons that fix it.
- Estimated effort
- 6 hr
- Lessons
- 32
- Modules
- 7
- Material
- 6 hr
Estimated effort is the sum of the lesson and lab times in the course outline, for this version of the course.
Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I, with Salesforce. A ShareCo certificate records what we assessed. It is not a Salesforce certification and does not replace one.
This course is planned and not on sale. The curriculum below is the plan, and it may change before the course opens.
See the courses on sale01What you will learn
7 capabilities, stated as things you can do
Each one is what you should be able to do at the end, not what the course covers. If an outcome is not testable, it is not an outcome.
- State your current score against the pass mark, by domain, rather than as one number.
- Recognise the four exam domains in a question you have never seen.
- Read a code question at exam speed, and eliminate the two options that break a governor limit.
- Answer trigger-context and save-order questions without re-deriving the order every time.
- Rebuild a weak domain from the lessons linked to it, then re-sit and measure the movement.
- Budget 105 minutes across 60 scored questions without running out of time.
- Explain why a ShareCo certificate is not a Salesforce certification, and book the real exam.
02Curriculum
7 modules, 32 lessons
Every lesson shows its length and its type, from the course outline.
7 modules · 32 lessons · 6 hr of material
The format first. Sixty scored questions, five unscored pilot items, 105 minutes, and a code question you have about ninety seconds for.
- VideoSixty scored questions, five unscored pilot items, and 105 minutesPreview5 min
- VideoThe 68% pass mark, stored as editable data rather than a constantThe weighting and the pass mark live in a blueprint record with the date they were last checked, so a revision by Salesforce is an edit rather than a release.5 min
- VideoThe four published domains, and the weightings the sampler uses4 min
- VideoReading a code question at exam speedRead the last line first. It usually names the domain, and it often rules out two options before you have read the code at all.4 min
- ReadingWhy a ShareCo certificate is not a Salesforce certification4 min
Sit a full-length mock before revising anything. A diagnostic taken after revision measures what you just read, not what you know.
- QuizMock exam one, sat cold under the real time limit60 scored questions plus 5 unscored pilot items in 105 minutes, sampled stratified across the four published domain weightings.1 hr 45 min
- VideoReading your section report: which domain is actually weak6 min
- VideoRebuilding a weak domain from the lessons linked to it4 min
Types, collections, sObjects and relationships. The domain where the exam is most literal, so the marks here are the cheapest in the paper.
- VideoData types, collections and sObjects, at exam speed6 min
- VideoSOQL and SOSL: the question that tells you which one it wants6 min
- VideoObject relationships, and the lookup-versus-master-detail question5 min
- VideoThe relationship-query trap: too many subqueries in one SOQL5 min
- ReadingDeveloper fundamentals, mapped to the lessons that teach it5 min
The largest domain. Most of its questions are answerable by eliminating the two options that break a governor limit.
- VideoEliminating the two options that break a governor limit6 min
- VideoTrigger-context questions, without re-deriving the order every time6 min
- VideoSave-order questions across triggers, flows and validation rules5 min
- VideoThe bulkification question dressed as a user interface question5 min
- ReadingProcess automation and logic, mapped to the lessons that teach it5 min
Lightning Web Components, and the Visualforce the exam has not stopped asking about. Both appear, and the wording tells you which.
- VideoLightning Web Component questions: lifecycle and data access6 min
- VideoVisualforce questions the exam still asks, and how to spot them5 min
- VideoPage layouts, record types and field-level security, together5 min
- VideoThe accessibility question the exam asks about a component5 min
- ReadingUser interface, mapped to the lessons that teach it5 min
Where coverage questions live, and where the technically true answer is regularly the wrong one.
- VideoCoverage questions, and the option that is technically true and still wrong5 min
- VideoDeployment questions: change sets, packages and validation-only runs5 min
- VideoReading a debug log question fast enough to trust the answer5 min
- VideoThe rollback question: what a partial DML failure actually does4 min
- ReadingTesting, debugging and deployment, mapped to the lessons that teach it4 min
A second full-length sitting, cold, so the movement between the two section reports is real rather than remembered.
- QuizMock exam two, sat cold without reviewing mock one first1 hr 45 min
- VideoComparing two section reports to confirm the movement was real6 min
- ReadingBudgeting 105 minutes across 60 scored questions, and booking the real exam5 min
- QuizCheck: readiness against the pass mark, by domain4 min
A diagnostic, not a gate
You are at 61%, the real exam needs 68%, and your weakest section is named with the lessons that fix it. That loop is what you are paying for. A score is a starting point here, never a verdict.
- Scored questions
- 60
- Pilot items
- 5
- Time
- 105 min
- Pass mark
- 68%
- 23%Developer fundamentalsLessons that fix itTypes, collections and the sObject · 8 minClasses, interfaces and the sharing keywords · 8 minObject relationships, and the lookup-versus-master-detail question · 5 min
- 30%Process automation and logicLessons that fix itThe order of execution, walked step by step · 9 minOne trigger per object, and why two is a race condition · 8 minBulk by default: sets, maps, and never querying in a loop · 8 minThe four tells that a flow should have been Apex · 8 min
- 25%User interfaceLessons that fix itAnatomy of a component, and the three files · 9 minWire adapters, and the cache you did not know you had · 9 minCustom events, bubbling, and composed · 8 min
- 22%Testing, debugging and deploymentLessons that fix itCoverage is a floor, not a goal · 8 minrunAs, and testing as the real user · 8 minReading a stack trace to the line that actually failed · 8 minDeployment questions: change sets, packages and validation-only runs · 5 min
Weightings transcribed from the published Platform Developer I exam guide, checked August 2026. The four published weightings sum to 100%, so no normalisation is applied. Pass mark stored as editable data, not a constant.
04Before you start
What you need first
Assumed knowledge and setup
- Courses 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.7 and 2.8, or equivalent production Apex experience.
- A Developer Edition org and the Salesforce CLI for the practical review labs.
- Nothing else. The mock exams are delivered here and scored on our servers.
05Who teaches it
Ege Taskent
Salesforce Developer, Certified Platform Administrator
The credential, and the rollout. The half of an implementation where people actually start using the thing.
Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator
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- Assessment
- Server-scoredThe answer key never reaches your browser. Passing the assessment is what issues the certificate.
- Curriculum version
- 2026.1You enrol into a version. Content changes do not move you mid-course, and your required-lesson count is snapshotted at enrollment.
- Refunds
- 14 daysAn individual purchase can be refunded within 14 days if you have completed less than 20% of the lessons. Team seats are refundable before they are assigned. From the Academy terms.
ShareCo Academy: Platform Developer I exam preparation
- Credential
- Specimen
- Hours
- 6 hr
Assessed by 60-question server-scored exam, 68% pass mark, reported by section.
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- 6 hr estimated effort, labs included
- A ShareCo certificate is not a Salesforce certification