Chapter 1: Core Capabilities of the Lightning Platform

In this chapter, we will review the core capabilities of the Lightning Platform and test our knowledge of the Salesforce Fundamentals skillset, which is one of the primary objectives of the Salesforce App Builder Certification exam.

We will look at what makes up the Salesforce Lightning Platform and look at the concepts of the cloud, SaaS, multitenancy, and metadata-driven development.

There may be some sections in this chapter that you wish to skip if you have experience with Salesforce. However, it is hoped that these fundamental concepts will provide both a useful summary for experienced Salesforce app builders as well as key information for those that are new to Salesforce.

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