Platform App Builder exam overview
The Platform App Builder certification covers the declarative customization capabilities of the Lightning Platform as well as the fundamentals of Salesforce. This certification is geared toward candidates who have some experience or familiarity with the Lightning Platform and understand basics such as license types, data storage fundamentals, and platform capabilities.
The Platform App Builder certification overlaps with the Salesforce Certified Administrator and Platform Developer I certifications. If you have experience with either or both, it will certainly help with the concepts covered by Platform App Builder (although neither is required). The administrator certification focuses more on topics related to user management, operations, and day-to-day support of a Salesforce org. The Platform Developer I certification covers programmatic customization, which is not in the scope of the Platform App Builder certification.
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