DevOps Launchpad

A free training platform for all areas of Salesforce DevOps

Whether you’re just discovering DevOps, or wondering how it works for the Salesforce platform, DevOps Launchpad is here to help.

Build your Salesforce DevOps skill set
Develop your DevOps knowledge and give your Salesforce career a boost.
Train your development and release teams
Get new and existing team members up to speed on all things Salesforce DevOps.
Earn Salesforce DevOps certifications
Share your DevOps Launchpad certificates on social media and add them to your résumé.

Build your skills and expertise in all areas of Salesforce DevOps

Salesforce DevOps Fundamentals

Cover the full range of DevOps concepts, including version control, CI/CD, test automation, backups and more. Start now.

CI/CD for Salesforce

Sort out continuous integration from continuous deployment, and master release automation for Salesforce. Start now.

Salesforce DevOps Leadership

Become a certified leader for DevOps, so you can drive successful adoption and measure your performance. Start now.

Salesforce Backup

Learn how to build a disaster recovery plan for Salesforce that protects your data and metadata. Start now.

Gearset Academy

Get hands-on experience of Salesforce DevOps, exploring every corner of the Gearset platform. Start now.

About DevOps Launchpad

DevOps Launchpad was created to meet the ever-growing demand for training in DevOps principles and practices, specifically for the Salesforce platform. We’re constantly updating and adding courses with the latest best practices.

The courses and quizzes on DevOps Launchpad are curated by experts in the field from Gearset, the leading DevOps platform for Salesforce. But apart from Gearset Academy, the content on DevOps Launchpad is all vendor-neutral, and useful for anyone learning more about Salesforce DevOps.

Who is DevOps Launchpad for?

DevOps is all about bringing people together to collaborate on one streamlined development life cycle. Whatever your role or level of experience, DevOps Launchpad has courses for you!

Salesforce Admins

Master DevOps with clicks not code, empowering declarative developers and configurators!

Salesforce Developers

Apply DevOps best practices to your Salesforce development process.

Salesforce Architects

Explore how continuous delivery can support well-architected Salesforce orgs.

Release Managers

See how DevOps practices bring visibility and stability to release management.

Development Team Leads

Embrace DevOps culture and improve performance at any team size.

Experts react to the Salesforce Summer ’25 release: what teams really care about

Salesforce’s Summer ’25 release is here, and while Agentforce, AI, and automation remain key trends across the ecosystem, this particular rollout shifts gears slightly. The Summer ’25 release is packed with quieter — yet critical — updates that Salesforce professionals building, deploying, and maintaining orgs truly care about. To cut through the noise and surface what really matters, we sat down with two experienced Salesforce DevOps professionals: Maya Bengtson, DevOps Engineer at Farm Credit Services of America, and Johnathan Flatt, Principal Platform Engineer at Aflac. From debug logs to TypeScript tooling, here’s what they’re most excited about — and why these changes are worth your attention.

What does a Salesforce release manager do?

As businesses grow and rely more heavily on Salesforce, the need for smooth, efficient, and reliable updates becomes critical. That’s where a Salesforce release manager comes in. Release managers play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and efficient delivery of updates and new features within the Salesforce platform. This role is crucial for coordinating changes, maintaining stability, and ensuring that every feature rollout and deployment goes off without a hitch — all while facilitating continuous improvement and innovation. Whether you’re exploring career paths in Salesforce or are just curious about how this role supports DevOps practices, this post will break it down for you.

How to use Salesforce Code Analyzer for better code quality & security

In spring 2024, Salesforce released their official GitHub action on the GitHub marketplace, which made integrating your version control system (VCS) with the Salesforce Code Analyzer (SFCA) tool simple — but what if you're running on a different VCS and still want to leverage the scanner? In this blog post, Sam Crossland, DevOps Architect at Gearset, covers everything from the basics of Static Code Analysis, to understanding the benefits of using Salesforce’s Code Analyzer (SFCA), and how to easily integrate it into your Salesforce DevOps pipeline if your team uses Azure DevOps (ADO).