Supercharge your skills and knowledge in Salesforce DevOps
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Whether you're discovering Salesforce DevOps processes for the first time — or already have years of experience — DevOps Launchpad will help you:
Free courses and articles on all things DevOps - from version control to backups.
Fun quizzes to test your skills - from Git branching strategies to CI/CD automation.
Certifications and badges to add to your resume and share with your peers, colleagues.
Learn about the basics of developing and deploying on the customer success platform
The basics of version control, how to get started, and when to consider a Git-based workflow
So you're ready to get started with version control - but how does it work in practice?
From why you need backups, to what your backup options are, this course is the perfect introduction
Become a Gearset master with our guided training modules on the leading DevOps tool for Salesforce
Earn badges, add qualified skills to your resume and get certificates to share with your peers.
DevOps Launchpad is a free training and learning platform for everyone in the Salesforce ecosystem.
It's filled with courses on all things DevOps - from source-driven development and DevOps automation - all the way through to in-depth technical articles from experts in their fields.
Complete courses, test your knowledge with quizzes and earn certificates to demonstrate your expertise to your colleagues and community peers.
Salesforce teams use such a mixed bag of tools and workflows that it can be easy to get lost when you're aiming for a mature DevOps process. Find out where you are on your DevOps journey, and where to go next!
Change set riders typically work directly in production orgs, or in sandboxes with long periods between releases.
Git adopters pull ahead with a subset of metadata in version control to get familiar with the basics.
Rolling release pilots make Git their source of truth to unlock the benefits of DevOps, with better collaboration, debugging and auditing.
SFDX jetsetters take off with a whole raft of benefits with single-click releases based on automated deployments and testing.
Pioneering package launchers add smart backups with quick restore times for data and metadata whenever accidental mistakes or disasters occur.
Documentation is the lifeblood of any successful software project, but it often gets deprioritized. Writing comprehensive docs can feel like a thankless task when you're heads down coding new features. But putting in the effort upfront does pay dividends down the line when your future self or teammates need to understand the rationale and inner workings of your Salesforce org.
Salesforce professionals can feel like they’re living in a Catch 22: developing and testing in production risks disrupting your live environment, but developer orgs aren’t an accurate representation of how changes may actually affect production. It can feel like a lose-lose situation!
DevOps is rapidly becoming the standard way to develop on Salesforce, with more teams abandoning change sets in favor of a faster, more reliable way to develop. If you’re in a Salesforce admin role, you might have explored the idea of implementing DevOps. When on this journey, it’s helpful to know what other Salesforce admins think about adopting Salesforce DevOps. The State of Salesforce DevOps 2023 report offers valuable insight into the world of Salesforce DevOps from different perspectives. Find out what admins think about Salesforce DevOps, what benefits they get from it, and what challenges they face.
