This week I became Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II, 14th active Salesforce Certificate in my list. This is an item that I always wanted since it was called Advanced Developer. It took me a while to finally nail it. There are plenty of study guides available for this exam, so, I will skip to my exam experience and tips.
The format of the exam has changed since the old days of the advanced developer. You no longer need to clear the multiple-choice exam and wait for the assignment and post assignment essay. You have to earn the Platform Developer I certificate, which is a multiple-choice exam and four super badges and finally clear the Platform Developer II multiple-choice exam.
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In my opinion, finishing the super badges, which has a lot of prerequisite badges/trails, then appearing for Platform Developer I and II back to back is the fast and most efficient approach. Not for me though, I cleared the Platform Developer I a few years back and lost the edge with time and had to start over. I worked in multiple projects involving complex customization and configuration, that helped I guess.
If you want you may proceed for the Platform Developer II multiple choice and then attempt the super badges. Multiple choice exam is way simpler compared to the super badges and as I said if you finish the super badges and pay attention to all the prerequisite materials you will breeze through though the multiple-choice exam. Mostly the exam is with circumstantial examples where you have to chose right from wrong or predict the output. Mostly it is not like that you have to memorize any specific coding syntax, it is rather you have to use what you would easily remember if you apply the customization tools available in Salesforce platform on your day to day work for a while.
The Platform Developer II multiple-choice exam focuses on the following,
- Apex
- Visualforce
- Data Modeling
- Performance Tuning
- Integration
- Testing
- A tiny bit of Aura
- Fraction of a tiny bit of LWC
Overall the exam objectives are perfectly balanced with what a Salesforce Advanced Developer would use in his/her day to day life. I hope this post helps to those who are preparing for this exam and the best of luck for your exam.
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