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04 · DML and the database
Apex for Absolute Beginners

04 · DML and the database

insert, update, upsert, delete — and what happens to the transaction when one record out of two hundred fails.

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03 · SOQL: asking the database questions
Apex for Absolute Beginners

03 · SOQL: asking the database questions

SELECT is not SQL — no joins, no wildcards, relationship dots instead. Write your first twenty queries in the Query Editor.

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02 · Variables, types and collections
Apex for Absolute Beginners

02 · Variables, types and collections

Lists, Sets and Maps do ninety percent of the work in real Apex. Learn the three of them properly and the rest is syntax.

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01 · Hello, Apex: your first class
Apex for Absolute Beginners

01 · Hello, Apex: your first class

Open the Developer Console, write ten lines, run them anonymously — and understand every one of them.

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05 · Reports and dashboards for humans
Salesforce Admin Foundations

05 · Reports and dashboards for humans

From a blank report to a dashboard your manager actually opens — report types, filters, and the three charts that cover most questions.

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03 · Users, profiles and permission sets
Salesforce Admin Foundations

03 · Users, profiles and permission sets

Watch a new user go from created to correctly permissioned — the modern way, with one baseline profile and permission sets on top.

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01 · What is a Salesforce org?
Salesforce Admin Foundations

01 · What is a Salesforce org?

Instance, org, environment — the words everyone uses and nobody defines. Fifteen minutes to a mental model that sticks.

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